Alcohol and substance misuse in older adults

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 310-319

  Blow, Frederic C ^a   Barry, Kristen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse and abuse; Brief interventions; Older adults; Psychoactive medication misuse and abuse; Substance use screening

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG USE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84865638374     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0292-9     Document Type: Article

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