Demographic and clinical characteristics of middle-aged versus younger adults enrolled in a clinical trial of a web-delivered psychosocial treatment for substance use disorders

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-72

  Kalapatapu, Raj K ^a   Campbell, Aimee ^b,c   Aharonovich, Efrat ^b,c   Hu, Mei Chen ^b,c   Levin, Frances R ^b,c   Nunes, Edward V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Aging; Neurocognitive; Web based treatment

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPIATE ADDICTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; TREATMENT PLANNING; YOUNGER ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COMPUTING METHODOLOGIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877965740     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31827e2d04     Document Type: Article

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