Best practices in the treatment of substance-abusing women in the child welfare system

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 97-115

  Carlson, Bonnie E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Chemical dependency; Child welfare; Drug abuse; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751547452     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v06n03_08     Document Type: Review

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