Community-based drug and alcohol counselling: Who attends and why?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 153-162

  Shakeshaft, Anthony P ^a,b   Bowman, Jenny A ^c   Sanson Fisher, Rob W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community settings; Drug and alcohol counselling; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; COUNSELING; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOLISM; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036623252     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230220139055     Document Type: Article

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