Substance Use Disorders Among Psychiatric Inpatients: Prevalence, Pattern and Co-Morbidities

¹DR ADEKEYE, ²A. P.,DR LAWAL, ³M. A.,DR ELEGBEDE,4A. O.,DR AKANBI, 5S. A.,DR ANNAFI,
⁶B. S.,DR IGBINLADE,⁷A. S.,DR ABIDAKUN, O. O.

^1,2,3,4Consultant Psychiatrist, Mental Health Department, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti & Lecturer, Afe Babalola University

^5,6,7Mental Health Department, Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido-Ekiti.

DOI : 10.58806/ijhmr.2024.v3i08n18

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