Unemployment and the rate of psychoactive-substance-related psychiatric hospital admission in regional Queensland: An observational, longitudinal study.

Tuan Anh BuiNinel Wijesekera

Published in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2019)

There was a statistically significant association between the population unemployment rate and the rate of substance induced psychiatric hospital admissions. Implications for regional Australian service provision and unmet needs were discussed. Further research is required to confirm this observation.

Keyphrases

mental health
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palliative care
drug induced
cross sectional
stress induced