Distress Tolerance

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Addiction Psychopharmacology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 233-256

  Magidson, Jessica F ^a   Ali, Bina ^a   Listhaus, Alyson ^a   Daughters, Stacey B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral ability; Distress tolerance; Self report; Substance use; Withdrawal states

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886965737     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118384404.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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