Clinical Treatment of Substance Abusers: Past, Present and Future

Clinical Social Work Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-133

  Lala Ashenberg Straussner, Shulamith ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Drug policy issues; Evidence based practices in addictions; Social work interventions; Substance use disorders; Treatment approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862116173     PISSN: 00911674     EISSN: 15733343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10615-012-0387-0     Document Type: Article

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