Remission from drug dependence symptoms and drug use cessation among women drug users in Puerto Rico

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1034-1041

  Warner, Lynn A ^a   Aiegría, Margarita ^b   Canino, Glorisa ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREDICTION; PUERTO RICO; REMISSION; RISK; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUERTO RICO; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 5044227531     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.61.10.1034     Document Type: Article

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