Building the first step: A review of low-intensity interventions for stepped care

Addiction Science and Clinical Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  McKellar, John ^a   Austin, Julia ^b   Moos, Rudolf ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Help seeking; Intervention; Stepped care

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; BIBLIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; TELEPHONE;

ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; BIBLIOTHERAPY; COMPUTERS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84880147067     PISSN: 19400632     EISSN: 19400640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1940-0640-7-26     Document Type: Editorial

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