Natural recovery from drug and alcohol addiction among israeli prisoners

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Chen, Gila ^a,b  

^a ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b NONE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Meaning in life; Natural recovery; Prisoners; Sense of Coherence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845652741     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v43n03_01     Document Type: Article

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