Comorbidity of mental disorders and alcohol- and drug-use disorders: Analysis of New South Wales inpatient data

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Lai, Harry Man Xiong ^a   Huang, Qi Rong ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol and other drug use disorder; Comorbidity; ICD 10; Mental disorder

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 75149170099     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2008.00021.x     Document Type: Article

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