Mediators of interpersonal violence and drug addiction severity among methamphetamine users in Cape Town, South Africa

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-171

  Hobkirk, Andréa L ^a   Watt, Melissa H ^a   Green, Kimberly T ^b   Beckham, Jean C ^b   Skinner, Donald ^c   Meade, Christina S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Addiction; Coping; Interpersonal violence; Methamphetamine; PTSD; South Africa

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADDICTION SEVERITY INDEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE USE; VIOLENCE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRUG ABUSE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SEX OFFENSES; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84913592620     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: 18736327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2014.11.030     Document Type: Article

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