Abstract
Drug use often occurs in concert with psychiatric morbidity: psychiatric morbidity may precipitate drug use; and harmful drug use, or dependence, or intoxication, or withdrawal may lead to psychiatric morbidity, including self-harm and suicide. Such co-morbidity has a poorer prognosis: drug users ...
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The SAGE Handbook of Mental Health and Illness |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Chapter | 17 |
Pages | 350-366 |
Number of pages | 17 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781446200988 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781847873828 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Medicine(all)