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Substance abuse among medical practitioners
Author(s) -
SERRY NATHAN,
BALL J. RICHARD B.,
BLOCH SIDNEY
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0959-5236
DOI - 10.1080/09595239100185391
Subject(s) - substance abuse , psychiatry , etiology , personality , medicine , substance use , cohort , psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology
This paper reviews the literature relating to the prevalence, causes and treatment of substance abuse and psychiatric illness among doctors. Possible aetiological and pathogenic factors influencing drug‐dependent doctors are discussed and some problems which arise in the management of these doctors are raised. Local studies in relation to certain personality factors in medical students, to cause of death in a medical cohort, and preliminary impressions from a study of substance‐abusing doctors are reported.