Alcohol and substance use by patients with psychosis presenting to an emergency department: Changing patterns

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 354-359

  Latt, Noeline ^a,b   Jurd, Stephen ^b,c   Tennant, Christopher ^b   Lewis, John ^d,e   MacKen, Lewis ^a   Joseph, Anthony ^a,f   Grochulski, Alan ^a,e   Long, Lidia ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute psychosis; Alcohol and substance use; Drug urinalysis; History

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIATE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DRUG SCREENING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL PATIENT; PARANOIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URINALYSIS; VIOLENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052409282     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10398562.2011.579971     Document Type: Review

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