Increased effectiveness of substance abuse treatment: A prospective study of patient-treatment “matching”

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 171, Issue 10, 1983, Pages 597-605

  Thomas McLellan, A ^a   Woody, George E ^a   Luborsky, Lester ^a   O’Brien, Charles P ^a   Druley, Keith A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY;

ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

EID: 0020635697     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-198310000-00002     Document Type: Article

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