Types of natural recovery from alcohol dependence: A cluster analytic approach

Addiction

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1737-1746

  Bischof, G ^a   Rumpf, H J ^b   Hapke, U ^b   Meyer, C ^b   John, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Natural recovery; Social capital; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REMISSION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0346788960     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2003.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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