Treatment attrition among alcohol-dependent men: Is it related to novelty seeking personality traits?

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 51-56

  Kravitz, Howard M ^a,b   Fawcett, Jan ^a,b   Mcguire, Marcella ^a   Kravitz, Glenda S ^a   Whitney, Michael ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BUSPIRONE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; LITHIUM; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032958810     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004714-199902000-00010     Document Type: Article

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