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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 288-289, 2003
© 2003 Medical Council on Alcohol

BOOK REVIEW

Substance Abuse in the Mentally and Physically Disabled.

Edited by John R. Hubbard and Peter R. Martin. Marcel Dekker, New York. 2001, 221 pp., £86.95. ISBN: 0-8247-0587-4.

Samir K. Ghosh

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For some time, there has been growing interest and attention to the issue of the important link between substance abuse and psychiatric or general medical illness, and this has led to the opening up of different sub-specialities in addition to psychiatry and addiction medicine. This interesting book provides much useful and important information on this topic.

It is broadly divided into three parts. In part 1, there are discussions about assessment instruments, laboratory data and major epidemiological studies. In part 2, there are six chapters on different specific mental health morbidity and substance abuse. In part 3, there are four chapters on substance . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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