Screening for illicit drug use in psychiatric hospitals: Whose job is it?

Advances in Psychiatric Treatment

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-383

  Crome, Ilana B ^a,b   Bloor, Roger ^a,c   Thom, Betsy ^d,e,f  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Harplands Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Staffordshire   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 58049116587     PISSN: 13555146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/apt.12.5.375     Document Type: Review

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