What is "women-focused" treatment for substance use disorders?

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 880-882

  Greenfield, Shelly F ^a,b   Grella, Christine E ^c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WOMEN FOCUSED TREATMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 67650270889     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.60.7.880     Document Type: Short Survey

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