Five-Year Recovery: A New Standard for Assessing Effectiveness of Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-5

  DuPont, Robert L ^a   Compton, Wilson M ^b   McLellan, A Thomas ^c  

^a Institute for Behavior and Health Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c TREATMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPRENORPHINE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; OPIATE;

ADDICTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONICITY; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG SCREENING; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL HEALTH; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE USE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84941878880     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: 18736483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2015.06.024     Document Type: Editorial

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