The effectiveness of a mutual-help group activity for drug users and family members in Japan

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-489

  Kondo, Ayumi ^a   Wada, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug users; Family members; Japan; Life satisfaction; Mutual help activity

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COOPERATION; EVALUATION; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATION; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF HELP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149172386     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701801501     Document Type: Article

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