Co-occurring disorders in substance abuse treatment: Issues and prospects

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-47

  Flynn, Patrick M ^a   Brown, Barry S ^b  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftercare; Co occurring disorder; Epidemiology; Manpower and training; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; RELAPSE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

COMORBIDITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 36749079093     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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