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The Impact of Amphetamine‐Related Disorders on Community Psychiatric Emergency Services: 1993–1997
Author(s) -
Leamon Martin H.,
Canning Robert D.,
Benjamin Lloyd
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
the american journal on addictions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.997
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1521-0391
pISSN - 1055-0496
DOI - 10.1080/10550490050172245
Subject(s) - demographics , medicine , psychiatry , amphetamine , demography , sociology , dopamine , endocrinology
Trends in number, relative prevalence, and demographics of adult psychiatric admissions to the county psychiatric emergency service in Sacramento, California, for treatment of Amphetamine‐Related Disorders (ARDs) (N = 2,428) between July 1993 and July 1997 were examined. ARDs accounted for 11.2% of all emergency admissions (N = 21,615) and were the most frequent substance‐related disorder requiring admission during the study period. Patients with ARDs tended to be Caucasian or Hispanic males in their mid 30s. 38% of the ARD patients required further inpatient psychiatric care. The trends in numbers of ARDs tended to parallel other local and national non‐psychiatric indicators of amphetamine‐induced morbidity.