The natural history of outpatient alcohol and drug abuse treatment in a private healthcare setting

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 847-852

  Pettinati, Helen M ^a,b   Belden, Portia Payne ^a   Evans, Bradley D ^a   Ruetsch, Charles R ^a   Meyers, Kathleen ^a   Jensen, Jacqueline M ^a  

^a Carrier Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Outpatient Treatment; Treatment Attrition; Treatment Failure; Treatment Resistant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029840376     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1996.tb05262.x     Document Type: Article

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