CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS WITH SEVERE MENTAL-ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE-ABUSE IN RURAL-AREAS

Authors
BARRY KL FLEMING MF GREENLEY JR KROPP S WIDLAK P
Citation
Kl. Barry et al., CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS WITH SEVERE MENTAL-ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE-ABUSE IN RURAL-AREAS, Psychiatric services, 47(1), 1996, pp. 88-90
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath",Psychiatry,"Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
Journal title
Psychiatric services → ACNP
ISSN journal
10752730
Volume
47
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
88 - 90
Database
ISI
SICI code
1075-2730(1996)47:1<88:COPWSM>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A cross-sectional study of 1,551 clients receiving care in ten communi ty-based rural mental health care systems assessed problem behaviors a nd psychiatric symptoms among three groups of severely mentally ill cl ients: those with a current substance abuse problem, those with a hist ory of substance abuse but no current problem, and those with no histo ry of substance abuse problems. Clients with a current substance abuse problem were younger than clients who had no history of such problems and had more symptoms of anger, more trouble with the law and more su icidal threats than clients in the other two groups.