Major depression and comorbid substance use disorders

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-18

  Davis, Lori ^a,b   Uezato, Akihito ^b   Newell, Jason M ^a,c   Frazier, Elizabeth ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Alcohol dependence; Major depression; Substance abuse; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; METHADONE;

ALCOHOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 40349116044     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0b013e3282f32408     Document Type: Review

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