Exploration of the comorbidity of alcohol use disorders and mental health disorders among inpatients presenting to all hospitals in New South Wales, Australia

Substance Abuse

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 138-145

  Lai, Harry Man Xiong ^a,b   Sitharthan, Thiagarajan ^a   Huang, Qi Rong ^c  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b Greater Sydney Area Helicopter Emergency Medical Service Ambulance Service New South Wales Rescue Helicopter Base Bankstown Airport   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; comorbidity; dual diagnoses; mental health; substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 84859732245     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2011.634967     Document Type: Article

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