Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy During Methadone Dose Reduction: Rationale, Treatment Description, and a Case Report

Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-213

  Stotts, Angela L ^a   Masuda, Akihiko ^b   Wilson, Kelly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHADONE;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SCREENING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOLLOW UP; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHADONE TREATMENT; MOTIVATION; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 64949118541     PISSN: 10777229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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