Substance Use Disorders: Sex Differences and Psychiatric Comorbidities
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Substance use disorders: sex differences and psychiatric comorbidities.
OBJECTIVE This article reviews sex differences in psychiatric comorbidity among individuals with substance use disorders and, in particular, the clinical significance of these differences for treatment outcome among women. METHOD We undertook a computerized search of major health care databases. To enhance the search, we drew prior relevant articles from the reference list. RESULTS Women wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0706-7437,1497-0015
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800103