Brief Behavioral Couples Therapy for Drug Abuse: A Randomized Clinical Trial Examining Clinical Efficacy and Cost-Effectiveness

Families, Systems and Health

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 377-392

  Fals Stewart, William ^a   Lam, Wendy K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brief behavioral couples therapy; cost effectiveness; drug abuse; treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249144003     PISSN: 10917527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1091-7527.26.4.377     Document Type: Article

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