Citation

Warner R, Taylor D, Wright J, Sloat A, Springett G, Arnold S, Weinberg H. Am. J. Orthopsychiatry 1994; 64(1): 30-39.

Affiliation

Mental Health Center of Boulder County, CO.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, American Orthopsychiatric Association, Publisher Wiley Blackwell)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8147425

Abstract

Substance use among a random sample of mentally ill, community-based patients was examined. Current use was found to have declined substantially from a high lifetime prevalence, and a family history of substance abuse was associated with moderate to heavy use. No association was found between heavy substance use and elevated psychopathology, hospitalization, or medication noncompliance. Hospital admissions and some symptoms were less prevalent among users preferring marijuana.

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