Monitoring the prevalence of methamphetamine-related presentations at psychiatric hospitals in Cape Town, South Africa

African Journal of Psychiatry (South Africa)

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-49

  Pluddemann A ^a   Dada, S ^a   Parry, C D H ^a,b   Kader, R ^a   Parker, J S ^c   Temmingh, H ^c   Van Heerden, S ^b   De Clercq, C ^c   Lewis, I ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Admissions; Methamphetamine; Psychosis; South africa

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DSM-IV; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THOUGHT DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT READMISSION; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875896777     PISSN: 19948220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/ajpsy.v16i1.8     Document Type: Article

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