Recent substance intake among patients admitted to acute psychiatric wards: Physician's assessment and on-site urine testing compared with comprehensive laboratory analyses

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 455-459

  Mordal, Jon ^a,b   Holm, Bjørn ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^b,c   Bramness, Jørgen Gustav ^b,c  

^a LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

acute psychiatric admission; chromatographic methods; on site urine drug screening test; physician's assessment; psychoactive substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; OPIATE; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINALYSIS; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URINE;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77955125388     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e3181e61923     Document Type: Article

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