Does availability of illicit drugs mediate the association between mental illness and substance use?

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1304-1308

  Liang, Wenbin ^a   Lenton, Simon ^a   Allsop, Steve ^a   Chikritzhs, Tanya ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Affective disorder; Anxiety disorder; Drug harmful use

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79960916727     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.574769     Document Type: Article

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