Clinical Characteristics of Patients Referred to a Substance Abuse Liaison Department in an Academic Hospital, France

The Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies (CPE) stressed in 2016 that emergency providers were increasingly recognizing the important role of the Emergency Department (ED) in reducing adverse outcomes associated with untreated with substance abuse liaison department (SUDs). Additional research is required to close identified knowledge gaps and improve care of ED patients with SUD. Of the more than 4.5 million ED visits in 2009 in US for drug-related causes,34-32% involved alcohol use alone or in combination with other drugs. Few studies investigated the clinical characteristics of patients referred to an addiction liaison department in a general hospital. The present study will be retrospective in a sample of 700 patients consecutively admitted for addictive behaviors in the emergency department and in the Medicine or Surgery departments of the Amiens University Hospital Center, France.

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Key information

Conditions

Substance Abuse Chemically-Induced Disorders Disease Attributes Emergencies Mental Disorders Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Personality Disorders Substance Use Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

16 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

CHU Amiens

Amiens, 80480, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

patient addressed to University Hospital Emergency Department and consecutively referred to a substance abuse liaison department in the Amiens Academic Hospital, France between 2017 and 2020.
Patients must be able to speak French

Exclusion criteria

Neurological disorders
patients who are not able to speak French

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

sociodemographic characteristics of patients referred to an addiction liaison department in a Academic general hospital

Time frame: one month
clinical characteristics of patients referred to an addiction liaison department in a Academic general hospital

Time frame: one month

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Amiens

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Registry information

Acronym: AddictUrge

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Jun 7, 2021
Registry last updated: Jun 12, 2026

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