Older adult treatment outcome following elder-specific inpatient alcoholism treatment

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 67-75

  Blow, Frederic C ^a,b   Walton, Maureen A ^b   Chermack, Stephen T ^c   Mudd, Sharon A ^b   Brower, Kirk J ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Dept Psychiat Behav Neurosci W ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Elderly; Older adults; Psychological distress; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANIC; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034121785     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(99)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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