Measuring changes in client-level treatment process in the Therapeutic Community (TC) with the Dimensions of Change Instrument (DCI)

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 537-546

  Paddock, Susan M ^a   Edelen, Maria O ^b   Wenzel, Suzanne L ^a   Ebener, Patricia ^a   Mandell, Wallace ^c   Dahl, James ^d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Phoenix House   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Inpatient treatment; Therapeutic community

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547557651     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990701407439     Document Type: Article

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