A 5-step intervention to help family members in Italy who live with substance misusers

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 643-655

  Velleman, Richard ^a   Arcidiacono, Caterina ^b   Procentese, Fortuna ^b   Copello, Alex ^c,d   Sarnacchiaro, Pasquale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Family; Intervention; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; ITALY; LEARNING; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; RATING SCALE; REASSURANCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 56249085634     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638230701677761     Document Type: Article

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