Treated and untreated individuals with alcohol use disorders: Rates and predictors of remission and relapse

International Journal of Clinical and Health Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 513-526

  Moos, Rudolf H ^a   Moos, Bernice S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Help seeking; Observational descriptive study; Relapse; Remission; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748807073     PISSN: 16972600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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