DEPENDENCE ON LEGAL PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG ALCOHOLICS | Zendy

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DEPENDENCE ON LEGAL PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS AMONG ALCOHOLICS

Author(s) -

Björn Johansson,

Mats Berglund,

Maria Hanson,

Christina Pöhlén,

Ingrid Persson

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

alcohol and alcoholism

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1464-3502

pISSN - 0735-0414

DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/agg123

Subject(s) - medicine , alcohol dependence , attendance , population , psychiatry , psychotropic drug , drug , alcohol , biochemistry , chemistry , economics , economic growth , environmental health

Dependence on legal psychotropic drugs (PTD) has been reported to have increased in alcoholics, but previous studies report conflicting results concerning the rate of increase and clinical characteristics. The aim of the present study was first, to assess the dependence rate of PTD among alcoholics in open and institutionalized care, and to compare these populations with the general population, and second, to assess rates and doses of high- and low-dose PTD-dependence among alcoholics.

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