Incidence and predictors of mental health disorder diagnoses among people who inject drugs in a Canadian setting.

Hudson ReddonTyler PettesEvan WoodEkaterina NosovaMichael John Milloy Thomas Kerr Kanna Hayashi PhD

Published in: Drug and alcohol review (2017)

We observed a high prevalence and incidence of mental disorders among our community-recruited sample of PWID. The validity and implication of these diagnoses for key substance use and public health outcomes are an urgent priority.

Keyphrases

mental health
risk factors
healthcare
mental illness
emergency department
adverse drug