The Use of New Communications Technologies to Evaluate and Intervene in Substance Use Disorders

Current Behavioral Neuroscience Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 23-29

  McKay, James R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated; Biosensors; Communication technology; Computerized; Counseling; GPS; Interactive voice response; Monitoring; Personal digital assistant; Relapse prevention; Smartphone; SMS; Substance use disorders; Telephone; Texting; Theories of behavior change; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940644220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21962979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40473-014-0017-y     Document Type: Review

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