Alcohol-related brain damage: A 21st-century management conundrum

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 176-177

  Wilson, Kenneth ^a  

^a St Catherine's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL RELATED BRAIN DAMAGE; ALCOHOLISM; BRAIN DAMAGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL REHABILITATION; REVIEW;

HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PSYCHOSES, ALCOHOLIC;

EID: 80052414655     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.092569     Document Type: Review

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