Risk, resilience, and natural recovery: A model of recovery from alcohol abuse for Alaska Natives

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-215

  Mohatt, Gerald V ^a   Rasmus, Stacy M ^a   Thomas, Lisa ^b   Allen, James ^a   Hazel, Kelly ^c   Marlatt, G Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Natives; Alcohol abuse; Mindfulness; Natural recovery; Stages of change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALASKA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INUITS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TEMPERANCE;

EID: 38049096085     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02057.x     Document Type: Article

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