A six-year study of substance use and mental health disorders: Ascertaining the prevalence of comorbidity

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-186

  Lai, Harry Man Xiong ^a   Sitharthan, Thiagarajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Australia; Comorbidity; Mental health disorder; Mental illness; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865732686     PISSN: 17459265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17459261211263497     Document Type: Article

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