Add to ORKGIntroduction: Although substance use is commonly associated with mental disorders, limited data on this association are available from low and middle income countries such as South Africa. The aims of the study were i) to determine patterns of substance use in young adults, ii) to identify trends of common psychiatric disorders in relation to use of specific substances, and iii) to determine whether specific psychiatric disorders were as-sociated with use of specific substances in the South African population. Methods: Data were drawn from the South African Stress and Health (SASH) study, a nationally-representative, cross-sectional survey of Sout
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of alcohol abuse and/or dependence in a population-based sampl...
Background: There is growing awareness of the need for effective prevention, early detection, and no...
Background. The South African Stress and Health (SASH) study is the first large-scale population-bas...
The association between psychopathology and substance use: adolescent and young adult substance user...
Illicit drug use is a growing public health problem. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalen...
Objective: Illicit drug use is a growing public health problem. The aim of the study was to assess t...
Studies from other parts of the world showed high rates of substance use among people with severe me...
Background. There are limited data on substance use in South Africa. We describe patterns of substan...
MSoc Sc (Clinical Psychology), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2018Globally, there is an ups...
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in ...
A paucity of research exists in which the co-occurrence of substance use, mental illness, and violen...
A paucity of research exists in which the co-occurrence of substance use, mental illness, and violen...
Background and objective: The prevalence of mental illness and illicit substance use has increased m...
BACKGROUND: There is growing awareness of the need for effective prevention, early detection, and no...
Background Several risk factors for alcohol and other substance use disorders (SUDs) have been iden...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of alcohol abuse and/or dependence in a population-based sampl...
Background: There is growing awareness of the need for effective prevention, early detection, and no...
Background. The South African Stress and Health (SASH) study is the first large-scale population-bas...
The association between psychopathology and substance use: adolescent and young adult substance user...
Illicit drug use is a growing public health problem. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalen...
Objective: Illicit drug use is a growing public health problem. The aim of the study was to assess t...
Studies from other parts of the world showed high rates of substance use among people with severe me...
Background. There are limited data on substance use in South Africa. We describe patterns of substan...
MSoc Sc (Clinical Psychology), North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2018Globally, there is an ups...
A research report submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, in ...
A paucity of research exists in which the co-occurrence of substance use, mental illness, and violen...
A paucity of research exists in which the co-occurrence of substance use, mental illness, and violen...
Background and objective: The prevalence of mental illness and illicit substance use has increased m...
BACKGROUND: There is growing awareness of the need for effective prevention, early detection, and no...
Background Several risk factors for alcohol and other substance use disorders (SUDs) have been iden...
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of alcohol abuse and/or dependence in a population-based sampl...
Background: There is growing awareness of the need for effective prevention, early detection, and no...
Background. The South African Stress and Health (SASH) study is the first large-scale population-bas...