The impact of social support and attachment style on quality of life and readiness to change in a sample of individuals receiving medication-assisted treatment for opioid dependence

Substance Abuse

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-191

  Cavaiola, Alan A ^a   Fulmer, Barbara A ^a   Stout, David ^a  

^a MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment style; medication assisted therapy; methadone; recovery; social support

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT RELATION; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OPIATE SUBSTITUTION TREATMENT; OPIOID-RELATED DISORDERS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931458742     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2015.1019662     Document Type: Article

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