... admissions to a male acute inpatient ward. Prevalence of reported NPS use and admissions to psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) were recorded. Findings In total, 18.9 per cent of individuals admitted to acute inpatient care were reported to have used NPS. NPS users were almost ten times as likely...

... session. The results indicated that there were significant reductions in psychopathology, alcohol, illicit substance use, severity of depression and hospitalisation for the group treatment condition. Forensic Dual diagnosis Male Inpatient Node-link mapping Substance use DD is a topic...

... of psychotropic induced sexual dysfunction for this client group. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Dual diagnosis Male Female Treatment Assessment Sexual functioning is an important aspect of quality of life for most individuals and is associated with mental wellbeing, yet many...

... studies to compare gender differences. Findings – Male cannabis users outnumber female users by 2:1, a similar gender ratio is found for those admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of schizophrenia or psychosis. However this ratio increases significantly for those admitted to hospital...

... et al., 2011) from a cohort of 1923 (48 per cent males) from the general population of 14-24-year olds over a ten-year period found cannabis use was a risk factor for the development of incidental psychotic symptoms and that continued use may increase the risk of psychosis by “impacting...