Treatment utilization and personality organization among drug abusers in Sweden

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 257-263

  Sandell, Rolf ^a,c   Bertling, Ulla ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Social Welf Admin   (Sweden)

^c Department of Psychotherapy   (Sweden)

Author keywords

drug abusers; ego functions; personality organization; psychopathology; tractability to treatment; treatment utilization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EGO; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030136098     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(96)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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