Treatment outcomes for older adults who abuse substances

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-100

  Outlaw, Freida H ^a   Marquart, Jules M ^b   Roy, Ajanta ^b   Luellen, Jason K ^b   Moran, Mary ^b   Willis, Amy ^b   Doub, Thomas ^b  

^a Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

^b Centerstone Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol; older adults; substance use; treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BINGE DRINKING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PAIN; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84859417819     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464810382906     Document Type: Article

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