Crossing the threshold: What motivates individuals who are actively abusing substances to enter treatment?

Although there is an abundance of research in the area of substance abuse, much of it samples people who are already enrolled in treatment. The treatment seeking population may differ from people who are actively using substances. One aim of this study is to describe a sample of individuals who have...

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1. VerfasserIn: Peavy, Katherine Michelle (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2009
In:Jahr: 2009
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