Psychosocial interventions for alcohol use among problem drug users: Protocol for a feasibility study in primary care

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Klimas, Jan ^a,b   Anderson, Rolande ^c   Bourke, Margaret ^d   Bury, Gerard ^b   Field, Catherine Anne ^b   Kaner, Eileen ^e   Keane, Rory ^f   Keenan, Eamon ^f   Meagher, David ^a   Murphy, Brian ^f   O'Gorman, Clodagh S M ^a   O'Toole, Thomas P ^g   Saunders, Jean ^a,h   Smyth, Bobby P ^f,i   Dunne, Colum ^a   Cullen, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Charlemont Clinic   (Ireland)

^d Addiction Service   (Ireland)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^g BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

ⁱ TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Complex intervention; General practice; Methadone maintenance; Primary health care; Screening; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006633772     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.2678     Document Type: Article

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