Psychiatric symptoms among clients seeking treatment for drug dependence
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 176 (3) , 285-289
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.176.3.285
Abstract
Background Many people with substance use disorders are vulnerable to other psychiatric disorders and present to addiction treatment services with comorbid psychiatric symptoms.Keywords
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