The powerlessness of control: A unifying model for the treatment of male battering and substance addiction

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-76

  Ronel, Natti ^a   Claridge, Hadas ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

12 Step Programs; Addiction treatment; Domestic violence; Grace therapy; Male batterers; Treatment for substance abusing batterers

Indexed keywords

EID: 20544459233     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v03n01_05     Document Type: Article

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