Guided self-change: A brief motivational intervention for cannabis abuse

Cannabis Dependence: Its Nature, Consequences, and Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 204-224

  Sobell, Linda C ^a   Sobell, Mark B ^a   Wagner, Eric F ^b   Agrawal, Sangeeta ^c   Ellingstad, Timothy P ^d  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Aurora Behavioral Health Services   (United States)

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EID: 84884345384     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511544248.011     Document Type: Chapter

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