Dual diagnosis patients in the modified therapeutic community:does a criminal history hinder adjustment to treatment?

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 31-38

  Taylor, Stephen M ^a   Galanter, Marc ^a   Dermatis, Helen ^a   Spivack, Neal ^a   Egelko, Susan ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CRIME; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030746875     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v16n03_04     Document Type: Article

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