The management of substance misuse on psychiatric inpatient wards — a policy to promote effective good practice

Advances in Dual Diagnosis

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 12-17

  Wilson, Ian ^a   Holland, Mark ^a   Mason, Vanessa ^a   Reeve, Josh ^a   Ash, Hayley ^a  

^a GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co existing mental illness and substance misuse ( dual diagnosis ); Drug screening; Inpatient substance misuse policy; Personal searches; Psychiatric inpatient wards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992957650     PISSN: 17570972     EISSN: 20428324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5042/add.2010.0098     Document Type: Review

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