Residential detoxification: Essential for marginalised, severely alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-419

  Silins, Edmund ^a   Sannibale, Claudia ^a   Larney, Sarah ^a   Wodak, Alex ^b   Mattick, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Marginalised populations; Process evaluation; Residential detoxification; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIATE ADDICTION; PATIENT REFERRAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46649095608     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230701750650     Document Type: Article

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