Rethinking confrontation in alcohol and drug treatment: Consideration of the clinical context

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 165-184

  Polcin, Douglas L ^a  

^a Haight Ashbury Free Clinics   (United States)

Author keywords

Confrontation; Constructive confrontation; Contextual factors; Drug user treatment; Recovery; Therapeutic communities

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFRONTATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKPLACE; ADDICTION; DENIAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY;

COERCION; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038010536     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120017243     Document Type: Review

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