The effect of a yoga intervention on alcohol and drug abuse risk in veteran and civilian women with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 750-756

  Reddy, Shivani ^a,b   Dick, Alexandra M ^c   Gerber, Megan R ^a,b   Mitchell, Karen ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE DISORDER IDENTIFICATION TEST; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VETERAN; YOGA; ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOLISM; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS; YOGA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912118399     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2014.0014     Document Type: Article

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