Treated and untreated alcohol-use disorders: Course and predictors of remission and relapse

Evaluation Review

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 564-584

  Moos, Rudolf H ^a   Moos, Bernice S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcoholics anonymous; Relapse; Remission; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 35649003867     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X07306749     Document Type: Article

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