Potential roles for new communication technologies in treatment of addiction

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 390-397

  Johnson, Kimberly ^a   Isham, Andrew ^b   Shah, Dhavan V ^c   Gustafson, David H ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Department of Political Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; E health; ICT; Information and communication technology; Recovery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOBILE PHONE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELAPSE; SENSOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80755128423     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0218-y     Document Type: Article

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