On the significance of social control: Treatment-entry pressures, self-choice and alcohol and drug dependence criteria one year after treatment

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 160-173

  Storbjörk, Jessica ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Coercion; Dependence; Drugs; Non specific factors; Outcome; Pathways to treatment; Social control; Social pressures; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857795774     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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