Addiction and treatment experiences among active methamphetamine users recruited from a township community in Cape Town, South Africa: A mixed-methods study

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 79-86

  Meade, Christina S ^a   Towe, Sheri L ^a   Watt, Melissa H ^a   Lion, Ryan R ^a   Myers, Bronwyn ^b   Skinner, Donald ^c   Kimani, Stephen ^a   Pieterse, Desiree ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Addiction; Drug abuse; Methamphetamine; South Africa; Substance abuse treatment

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; DRUG USE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930484158     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.04.016     Document Type: Article

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