Prevalence of comorbid psychiatric illness and substance misuse in primary care in England and Wales

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1036-1041

  Frisher, Martin ^a   Collins, Juliet ^a   Millson, David ^b   Crome, Ilana ^c   Croft, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Keele University Medical School ^*

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DRUG MISUSE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PARANOIA; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WALES;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8644249953     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.017384     Document Type: Article

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