Evaluation of a self-help group for parents of substance addicted offspring: A mixed methods approach

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 32-39

  Passa, Ioanna ^a   Giovazolias, Theodoros ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drug dependence; Mixed method; Parents; Self help groups; Systemic approach

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; ANXIETY; EVALUATION STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF HELP; THERAPY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANXIETY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84928156002     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2014.957770     Document Type: Article

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