The Women's Recovery Group Study: A Stage I trial of women-focused group therapy for substance use disorders versus mixed-gender group drug counseling

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-47

  Greenfield, Shelly F ^a,b   Trucco, Elisa M ^b   McHugh, R Kathryn ^b   Lincoln, Melissa ^b   Gallop, Robert J ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Gender differences; Group therapy; Substance use disorders; Treatment outcomes; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250641113     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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