Understanding Environments: The Key to Improving Social Processes and Program Outcomes

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-201

  Moos, Rudolf H ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensions of environments; Environmental assessment; Environmental change; Environmental influence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030077361     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02511887     Document Type: Article

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