Personality traits and mental health of severe drunk drivers in Sweden

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 723-731

  Hubicka, Beata ^a,c   Källmén, Håkan ^b   Hiltunen, Arto ^a   Bergman, Hans ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre for Dependency Disorders   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders identification test; Blood alcohol concentration; Driving under influence; NEO personality inventory revised; Symptom checklist

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; CHECKLIST; CLASSIFICATION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHECKLIST; COMORBIDITY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 77954442218     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0111-8     Document Type: Article

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