Can reduce - the effects of chat-counseling and web-based self-help, web-based self-help alone and a waiting list control program on cannabis use in problematic cannabis users: A randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Schaub, Michael P ^a   Haug, Severin ^a   Wenger, Andreas ^a   Berg, Oliver ^b   Sullivan, Robin ^a   Beck, Thilo ^b   Stark, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Arud Centres for Addiction Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Chat; Cognitive behavioral therapy; Internet; Motivational interviewing; Self help; Web based

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHAT COUNSELING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; HARM REDUCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONTROL; SELF HELP; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF CARE; SWITZERLAND; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84887388334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-305     Document Type: Article

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