Moderating drinking by correspondence: An evaluation of a new method of intervention

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 345-355

  Sitharthan, Thiagarajan ^a,c   Kavanagh, David J ^b   Sayer, Geoffrey ^b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c W Sydney Area Drug Alcohol Serv   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CORRESPONDENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029879299     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1996.tb02285.x     Document Type: Article

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