Diagnosing the use of illegal drugs by older people - Comments on the proposed changes to DSM-V

Addiction

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 884-885

  Beynon, Caryl ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Diagnosis; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79953778261     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03283.x     Document Type: Note

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