Group therapy for women with substance use disorders: Results from the Women's Recovery Group Study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 142, Issue , 2014, Pages 245-253

  Greenfield, Shelly F ^a,b   Sugarman, Dawn E ^a,b   Freid, Cathryn M ^a   Bailey, Genie L ^c,d   Crisafulli, Michele A ^e   Kaufman, Julia S ^f   Wigderson, Sara ^a   Connery, Hilary S ^a,b   Rodolico, John ^a,b   Morgan Lopez, Antonio A ^g   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^a,b  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Brown University Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Group therapy; Substance use disorders; Treatment outcomes; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GROUP DRUG COUNSELING; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN RECOVERY GROUP; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOMEN;

EID: 84905580409     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.06.035     Document Type: Article

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