Substance misuse among older patients in psychiatric emergency service

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-101

  Woo, Benjamin K P ^a,b   Chen, Weilu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Psychiatric emergency service; Substance

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; OPIATE; PHENCYCLIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY COMMITMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINALYSIS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 73549110318     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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