A community study of natural change across the addictions

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-83

  Mccartney, John ^a,b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addictive excessive behaviours; Attributions; Motivation; Natural change; Techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742526831     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359609005564     Document Type: Article

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