Drug addiction as a lifestyle: The use of a new scale to observe changes in sense of coherence

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 30-34

  Berg, J E ^a   Andersen, S ^a   Brevik, J I ^b   Alveberg, P o ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Rehabilitation; Sense of coherence; Symptom checklist; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344779953     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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