The design and effectiveness of therapeutic community research in Europe: An overview

European Addiction Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-35

  Broekaert, Eric ^a   Raes, Veerle ^b   Kaplan, Charles D ^c   Coletti, Maurizio ^d  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Train and Res in Therapeut Comm   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Ist Europeo Formazione C   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Drug treatment; Relapse prevention; Therapeutic community

Indexed keywords

DRUG DEPENDENCE; EUROPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EUROPE; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033044698     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018960     Document Type: Review

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