Consultation-liaison psychiatry in general hospitals: Improvement in physicians' detection rates of alcohol use disorders

Psychosomatics

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 599-604

  Diehl, Alexander ^a   Nakovics, Helmut ^a   Croissant, Bernhard ^a   Reinhard, Iris ^a   Kiefer, Falk ^a   Mann, Karl ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL RELATED SOMATIC DISEASE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SCREENING TEST; SOMATIZATION; WARD;

EID: 73349089315     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.50.6.599     Document Type: Article

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