The Effectiveness of Continuing Group Psychotherapy for Outpatients with Alcohol Dependence: 77-Month Outcomes

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 686-692

  Kim, Jee Wook ^a   Choi, Yong Sung ^b   Shin, Kyung Chul ^b   Kim, Ok Hwa ^b   Lee, Dong Young ^c   Jung, Myung Hun ^a   Lee, Boung Chul ^a   Kang, Tae Cheon ^a   Choi, Ihn Geun ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b St Andrew's Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abstinence Rate; Alcohol Dependence; Continuing Care; Group Psychotherapy; Predictive Factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUING GROUP THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALCOHOL DETERRENTS; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859218751     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01643.x     Document Type: Article

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