Substance use in severe mental illness: self-medication and vulnerability factors

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 165, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 88-95

  Bizzarri, Jacopo Vittoriano ^a   Rucci, Paola ^b,c   Sbrana, Alfredo ^b   Miniati, Mario ^b   Raimondi, Federica ^b   Ravani, Laura ^b   Massei, Guido Jacopo ^b   Milani, Francesca ^b   Milianti, Marta ^b   Massei, Gabriele ^b   Gonnelli, Chiara ^b   Cassano, Giovanni Battista ^b  

^a Servizio per le Dipendenze   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Schizophrenia; Self medication; Sensation seeking; Substance sensitivity; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUPHORIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF MEDICATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SELF MEDICATION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57749181086     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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