Alleviating boredom in adult males recovering from substance use disorder

Occupational Therapy in Mental Health

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Corvinelli, Antonietta ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boredom; Guidelines for practice; Substance use disorder

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AROUSAL; BOREDOM; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL LEARNING; STIMULATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 17644397057     PISSN: 0164212X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J004v21n02_01     Document Type: Review

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