High effectiveness of self-help programs after drug addiction therapy

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Vederhus, John Kåre ^a   Kristensen, Øistein ^a  

^a SØRLANDET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33749009041     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-6-35     Document Type: Article

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