Psychoses and illicit drug use: Need for cross-cultural studies

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 86-

  Thirthalli, Jagadisha ^a   Venkatesh, Basappa K ^a   Gangadhar, Bangalore N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 45149114818     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01209.x     Document Type: Letter

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