Symptoms of ecstasy dependence and correlation with psychopathology in Taiwanese adolescents

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 195, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 866-869

  Yen, Cheng Fang ^a,b   Hsu, Sen Yen ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Drug abuse; Ecstasy; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RATING SCALE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; ADDICTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 38449094508     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181568625     Document Type: Article

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