After drug treatment: Are 12-step programs effective in maintaining abstinence?

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-116

  Fiorentine, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

12 Step programs; Alcoholics Anonymous; Drug treatment aftercare; Drug treatment effectiveness; Narcotics Anonymous

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADDICTION; ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 0033058836     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ADA-100101848     Document Type: Article

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