@article{ref1,
title="Drug-related admissions to an inpatient psychiatric unit",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1980",
author="Stewart, R. B. and Springer, P. K. and Adams, J. E.",
volume="137",
number="9",
pages="1093-1095",
abstract="The authors prospectively monitored 60 consecutive admissions to an inpatient psychiatry service to determine the role of drugs in psychiatric hospitalization. They categorized drug-related problems as 1) drug intoxication, 2) drug abuse, 3) side effects of therapeutic drugs, and 4) noncompliance with prescribed medications. During the 6-month study 25 (41.7%) of the admissions were related to drug use; in 16 (26.7%) admissions a drug-related problem was identified as the primary cause of hospitalization. Alcohol was involved in 8 admissions, and Fiorinal, cocaine, and flurazepam were each related to 2 admissions.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="10.1176/ajp.137.9.1093",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ajp.137.9.1093"
}