Research Article
Substance Abusers in an Acute Psychiatric Facility: A Diagnostic and Logistic Challenge
Table 1
Characteristics of resident patients in an acute department on one random chosen day according to sex, type of abuse, presence of suicidality at admission, diagnosis, use of compulsory admission and/or compulsory treatment with medication according to the Norwegian Law, and the development of substance induced psychosis (W: women, M: men).
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SIP: Substance-induced psychosis. Alc: Alcohol, AU: Alcohol Unit = 12 g pure alcohol = 0.33l beer = 1 glass of wine. Alc-Anon: Alcoholics Anonymous group. H: Heroin or other opioid substance, including methadone and buprenorphine. B: Benzodiazepines, MDMA = (3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine) or ecstasy. ECT: Electroconvulsive treatment. F31: bipolar disorder; F32: depressive episode; F25: schizoaffective disorder; F20: paranoid schizophrenia; F22: delusional disorder; F60: personality disorder; F10–19: substance abuse disorders; F00: dementia; F41–43: anxiety, compulsive and related disorders. |