Staff attitude towards cocaine/crack-cocaine use amongst individuals with severe mental health problems in an inner city area of the UK

Mental Health and Substance Use: Dual Diagnosis

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 205-215

  Clutterbuck, Ruth ^a,b   Tobin, Derek ^a   Orford, Jim ^a,b   Copello, Alex ^a,b   Birchwood, Max ^a,b   Day, Ed ^a,b   Graham, Hermine ^a,b   McGovern, Dermot ^a,b   Griffith, Emma ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Prevalence; Severe mental health problem; Staff opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006597938     PISSN: 17523281     EISSN: 17523273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17523280802244889     Document Type: Article

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