Reducing service and substance use among frequent service users: A brief report from the toronto community addictions team

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 532-538

  Draanen, Jenna Van ^a   Corneau, Simon ^b   Henderson, Thomas ^c   Quastel, Adam ^a   Griller, Robin ^d   Stergiopoulos, Vicky ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Withdrawal Management Services   (Canada)

^d Inner City Health Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

Addiction; Crisis intervention; Drug addiction; Homeless persons; Intensive case management; Substance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CANADA; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; ONTARIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84877247377     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.787096     Document Type: Article

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