Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a mindfulness-based relapse prevention intervention for culturally-diverse, low-income women in substance use disorder treatment

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 547-559

  Amaro, Hortensia ^a   Spear, Suzanne ^a   Vallejo, Zayda ^b   Conron, Kerith ^c   Black, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Prescott Health Care   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Mindfulness; Race ethnicity; Relapse prevention; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; MINORITY GROUP; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; MINORITY GROUPS; POVERTY; RECURRENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897786808     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2013.852587     Document Type: Article

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