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Young Drug and Alcohol Casualties Compared: Review of 100 Patients at a Scottish Psychiatric Hospital
Author(s) -
Plant Martin A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1976.tb00057.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , drug , alcohol , medicine , psychiatric hospital , general hospital , family medicine , biochemistry , chemistry
Summary The case notes of 100 young drug and alcohol abusers attending a psychiatric hospital were reviewed. Only two of the study group were recorded by the hospital as dependent upon both drugs and alcohol. Case notes revealed that an additional 32 individuals abused both drugs and alcohol, often taking these in conjunction. It was concluded that many of the study group were multi‐problem patients whose general lifestyles were more problematic than the varied substances they abused.