Association of spirituality and sobriety during a behavioral spirituality intervention for Twelve Step (TS) recovery

American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 611-617

  Brown, Anthony E ^a,b   Pavlik, Valory N ^a   Shegog, Ross ^c   Whitney, Simon N ^a   Friedman, Lois C ^d   Romero, Catherine ^a   Davis, George Christopher ^e   Cech, Irina ^c   Kosten, Thomas R ^a   Volk, Robert J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Western Reserve Hospital   (United States)

^e Right Step   (United States)

Author keywords

12 step; Alcoholics anonymous; Religion; Spirituality; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; RELAPSE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPIRITUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547595629     PISSN: 00952990     EISSN: 10979891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00952990701407686     Document Type: Article

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