Gender differences in substance use, consequences, motivation to change, and treatment seeking in people with serious mental illness

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 808-818

  Drapalski, Amy ^a   Bennett, Melanie ^b   Bellack, Alan ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dual diagnosis; gender differences; motivation to change; serious mental illness; treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; OFFENDER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; VICTIM;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINALS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79953874741     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2010.538460     Document Type: Article

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