Associations between polysubstance use and psychiatric problems in a criminal justice population in Sweden

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Hakansson, A ^a   Schlyter, F ^b   Berglund, M ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Prison and Probation Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Polydrug use; Polysubstance use; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

OPIATE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POLYSUBSTANCE ABUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CRIMINAL LAW; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRISONERS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 80052297350     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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