Detecting changes in quality of life and psychiatric symptomatology following an in-patient detoxification programme for alcohol-dependent individuals: The use of WHOQOL-100

In Vivo

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Ginieri Coccossis, M ^a   Liappas, I A ^a   Tzavellas, E ^a   Triantafillou, E ^a   Soldatos, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse dependence; Detoxification; Quality of life; WHOQOL 100

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; DIAZEPAM; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DETOXIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREECE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 33847651395     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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