Help seeking for AOD misuse among social workers: Patterns, barriers, and implications

Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Siebert, Darcy Clay ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol and other drugs; Help seeking; Professional impairment; Social workers; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444286754     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/50.1.65     Document Type: Review

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