Group therapy for substance use disorders: What do we know?

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 339-350

  Weiss, Roger D ^a   Jaffee, William B ^b   De Menil, Victoria P ^b   Cogley, Catherine B ^b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Addiction; Group therapy; Psychotherapy; Substance abuse; Substance dependence; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12444306393     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10673220490905723     Document Type: Review

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