The need for developing and evaluating adolescent treatment models

Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in the United States: Exemplary Models from a National Evaluation Study

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-34

  Dennis, Michael L ^a   Dawud Noursi, Samia ^b   Muck, Randolph D ^c   McDermeit, Melissa ^a  

^a CHESTNUT HEALTH SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b ROW Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c Mental Health Administration   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315821344-8     Document Type: Chapter

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