Therapeutic alliance, patient behaviour and dropout in a drug rehabilitation programme: The moderating effect of clinical subpopulations

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1960-1970

  Cournoyer, Louis Georges ^a,b,c   Brochu, Serge ^a,b,c   Landry, Michel ^c,d   Bergeron, Jacques ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b University of Montreal   (Canada)

^c RISQ (Recherche et Intervention Sur Les Substances Psychoactives)   (Canada)

^d Centre Dollard Cormier   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alliance; Comorbidity; Dropout; Drug use or abuse; Dual diagnosis; Engagement; Offenders; Resistance; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CALIFORNIA PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE SCALE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; JUSTICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36348977958     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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