Substance use disorders in New Zealand adults with severe mental illness: Descriptive study of an acute inpatient population

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 236-240

  Dharmawardene, Vajira ^a   Menkes, David B ^b  

^a Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Bipolar disorder; Cannabis use; Schizophrenia; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI (PEOPLE); MENTAL DISEASE; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945390937     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1039856215586147     Document Type: Article

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