title: Drug-related admissions to a Veterans' Administration psychiatric unit.
abstract: Forty-one consecutive admissions to an inpatient psychiatric service were monitored prospectively for drug-related problems. During the four-month study, 22 (54 percent) of the admissions were determined to be drug-related; in 12 (29 percent) admissions, a drug-related problem was identified as the primary cause of hospitalization. Significant differences were found in the length of hospitalization, age, and race when the group with drug-related problems was compared with a group with non-drug-related problems.
mesh_terms: D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000453:epidemiology; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000453:epidemiology; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs