"You're all going to hate the word 'recovery' by the end of this": Service users' views of measuring addiction recovery

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 26-34

  Neale, Joanne ^a,b   Tompkins, Charlotte ^c   Wheeler, Carly ^d   Finch, Emily ^a,e   Marsden, John ^a   Mitcheson, Luke ^a,e   Rose, Diana ^a   Wykes, Til ^a   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LEEDS COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Measurement; Outcomes; Recovery; Service users; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920983200     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2014.947564     Document Type: Review

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