Epidemiology, diagnosis and aspects of treatment in persons with serious mental illness and co-occurring substance use disorders

Background: Co-occurring substance use disorders (SUDs) occur in as many as half to three quarters of patients with severe mental disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, a phenomenon also described as dual diagnosis. Past research from high income countries have shown that the presence...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Temmingh, Hendrik
Other Authors: Stein, Dan J
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:Eng
Published: Faculty of Health Sciences 2019
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30422