Self-directed change or specialist help? Understanding the pathways to changing drinking in heavy drinkers

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 85-95

  Webb, Heather ^a   Rolfe, Alison ^a   Orford, Jim ^a   Painter, Catherine ^a,b   Dalton, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Birmingham ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Recovery; Social support; Untreated

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947418054     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350601068675     Document Type: Article

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