Negotiating the 'grey area between normal social drinking and being a smelly tramp': A qualitative study of people searching for help online to reduce their drinking

Health Expectations

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2011-2020

  Khadjesari, Zarnie ^a   Stevenson, Fiona ^a   Godfrey, Christine ^b   Murray, Elizabeth ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Help seeking; Internet; Qualitative research; Screening and brief intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84955211718     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12351     Document Type: Article

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