A comparative study of Arab and Jewish patients admitted for psychiatric hospitalization in Jerusalem: The demographic, psychopathologic aspects, and the drug abuse comorbidity

Comprehensive Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 850-853

  Katz, Gregory ^a   Grunhaus, Leon ^a   Deeb, Shukrallah ^a   Shufman, Emi ^a   Bar Hamburger, Rachel ^b   Durst, Rimona ^a  

^a Kfar Shaul Hospital   (Israel)

^b Israel Anti Drug Authority   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DRONABINOL; METHAMPHETAMINE; OPIATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; DSM-IV; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF REPORT; URINALYSIS; YOUNG MANIA RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ARABS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84864125346     PISSN: 0010440X     EISSN: 15328384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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