Outcomes of ultrarapid opiate detoxification combined with naltrexone maintenance and counseling

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 831-833

  Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^a   Cohen, Hagit ^b   Kotler, Moshe ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RELAPSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031800472     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.49.6.831     Document Type: Article

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