Reflections by inner-city drug users on a Buddhist-based spirituality-focused therapy: A qualitative study

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Beitel, Mark ^a   Genova, Marla ^a   Schuman Olivier, Zev ^b   Arnold, Ruth ^a   Avants, S Kelly ^a   Margolin, Arthur ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Buddhism; HIV prevention; Meditation; Spirituality focused therapy

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; OPIATE;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDDHISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; SPIRITUALITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33947271463     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.77.1.1     Document Type: Article

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