Cognitive remediation therapy during treatment for alcohol dependence

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 625-634

  Rupp, Claudia I ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Kurz, Martin ^b   Hinterhuber, Hartmann ^a   Wolfgang Fleischhacker, W ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Sigmund Freud Clinic   (Austria)

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EID: 84862151877     PISSN: 19371888     EISSN: 19384114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2012.73.625     Document Type: Article

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