Perceptions of professional drug treatment staff in England about client barriers to narcotics anonymous attendance

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 223-230

  Day, Ed ^a   Wall, Rosemary ^b   Chohan, Gagandeep ^b   Seddon, Jennifer ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

12 step; Mutual help; Narcotics anonymous; Opiate substitution treatment; Professional; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929147660     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2014.976205     Document Type: Article

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