Should personality traits be considered when refining substance misuse treatment programs?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Staiger, Petra K ^a   Kambouropoulos, Nicolas ^a   Dawe, Sharon ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Anxiety disorder; Impulsivity; Personality disorder; Reward sensitivity; Sensation seeking; Substance misuse; Treatment matching

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847218296     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230601036952     Document Type: Review

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