Early Attrition From Treatment Among Women With Cooccurring Substance Use Disorders and PTSD

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-369

  Resko, Stella M ^a   Mendoza, Natasha S ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cooccurring substance use; physical partner violence; PTSD; trauma; treatment attrition; treatment retention; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869436760     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2012.728104     Document Type: Article

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