Substance use diagnoses and discharge patterns among psychiatric inpatients.

DB, Crowe; RB, Rosse; MJ, Sheridan; SI, Deutsch

doi:10.1176/ps.42.4.403

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Substance use diagnoses and discharge patterns among psychiatric inpatients.

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Authors:

Crowe DB

Rosse RB

Sheridan MJ

Abstract

Over a four-month period, 113 consecutive admissions to a general psychiatric ward of a Veterans Affairs hospital were evaluated for the presence of a substance use diagnosis as well as type of discharge (regular or irregular). Of the patients studied, 61 percent had a substance use diagnosis and 57...

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