Novel Psychoactive Substances in Young Adults with and without Psychiatric Comorbidities
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Novel Psychoactive Substances in Young Adults with and without Psychiatric Comorbidities
OBJECTIVE Comorbidities between psychiatric diseases and consumption of traditional substances of abuse (alcohol, cannabis, opioids, and cocaine) are common. Nevertheless, there is no data regarding the use of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) in the psychiatric population. The purpose of this multicentre survey is to investigate the consumption of a wide variety of psychoactive substances in...
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عنوان ژورنال: BioMed Research International
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2314-6133,2314-6141
DOI: 10.1155/2014/815424