A better widget? Three lessons for improving addiction treatment from a meta-analytical study

Addiction

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 742-750

  Berglund, Mats ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intervention; Long term course; Meta analysis; Substance use disorders; Treatment

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ACAMPROSATE; ALCOHOL; COCAINE; DISULFIRAM; METHADONE; NALTREXONE; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; PLACEBO;

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA BASE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHADONE TREATMENT; MOTIVATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 20044394770     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2005.01106.x     Document Type: Review

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