A qualitative analysis of women's experiences in single-gender versus mixed-gender substance abuse group therapy

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 750-760

  Greenfield, Shelly F ^a,b   Cummings, Amanda M ^c   Kuper, Laura E ^d   Wigderson, Sara B ^a   Koro Ljungberg, Mirka ^e  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Group therapy; Substance use disorders; Treatment outcomes; Women

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN;

EID: 84879169527     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.787100     Document Type: Article

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