Comparison of Pretreatment Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes for Alcohol-, Cocaine-, and Multisubstance-Dependent Patients

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-109

  Patkar, Ashwin A ^a   Thornton, Charles C ^a   Mannelli, Paolo ^a   Hill, Kevin P ^b   Gottheil, Edward ^a   Vergare, Michael J ^a   Weinstein, Stephen P ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Training Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Outcome; Substance abuse; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ALCOHOLISM; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COUNSELING; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842509831     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J069v23n01_08     Document Type: Article

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