The chronic mental patient with substance abuse problems
New Directions for Mental Health ServicesPublished 1 September 1987
Leona L. Bachrach
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Abstract Chronically mentally ill individuals typically endure disabilities that arise from a variety of sources—a circumstance that has grave consequences for those patients who also have problems in the area of substance abuse.
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