Providing culturally specific substance abuse services in refugee and immigrant communities: Lessons from a cambodian treatment and demonstration project

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 23-46

  Amodeo, Maryann ^a   Peou, Sonith ^b   Saito, Dorcas Grigg ^c   Berke, Heidi ^d   Riebe, Saly Pin ^e   Jones, L Kay ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Revere Counseling Center   (United States)

^c Lowell Community Health Center   (United States)

^d Revere Counseling Cente   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Culturally specific; Refugee and immigrant populations; Substance abuse treatment; Substance abuse treatment for Cambodians

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845646927     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v04n03_03     Document Type: Article

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