A 3-year study of addiction mutual-help group participation following intensive outpatient treatment

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1381-1392

  Kelly, John F ^a   Stout, Robert ^b,c,d   Zywiak, William ^b   Schneider, Robert ^b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholics Anonymous; Mutual help Groups; Narcotics Anonymous; Self help; SMART Recovery; Women for Sobriety

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RELAPSE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746368342     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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