Families of persons with substance use and mental disorders: A literature review and conceptual framework

Family Relations

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 473-486

  Townsend, Aloen L ^a   Biegel, David E ^a   Ishler, Karen J ^a   Wieder, Barbara ^b   Rini, Amy ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YMCA of Metropolitan Denver   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug and alcohol use abuse and families; Families and mental illness; Mental illness; Substance use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748267073     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2006.00416.x     Document Type: Article

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