Treated and untreated recovery from alcohol misuse: Environmental influences and perceived reasons for change

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1371-1406

  Blomqvist, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b R and D Department   (Sweden)

^c FoU enheten   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol misuse; Assisted and unassisted recoveries; Environmental factors; Life events; Reasons for change; Spontaneous recovery

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SELF HELP; STRESS;

EID: 0032774219     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089909029389     Document Type: Article

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