How Do You Know if Your Treatment of Problem Drinking is Successful?

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-176

  Long, Clive G ^a   Hollin, Clive R ^b  

^a ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542570981     PISSN: 10633995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0879(199809)5:3<167::aid-cpp151>3.0.co;2-g     Document Type: Article

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