VA patients with high numbers of opioid prescriptions: A national study of sociodemographic and diagnostic characteristics, health service, and psychotropic medication use

Addictive Disorders and their Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 167-175

  Petrakis, Ismene L ^a   Sofuoglu, Mehmet ^a   Rosenheck, Robert ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioid dependence; Opioids; Prescribing patterns; Psychotropic medication; Substance abuse; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOOD DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VETERANS HEALTH;

EID: 84940457985     PISSN: 15315754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADT.0000000000000058     Document Type: Article

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