Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 12 , Pages 1405-1412 , December 2008

Efficacy of Outpatient Aftercare for Adolescents With Alcohol Use Disorders: A Randomized Controlled Study

  • Yifrah Kaminer, M.D., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Yifrah Kaminer, M.D., M.B.A., Alcohol Research Center and the Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030-2103
    • ,
  • Joseph A. Burleson, Ph.D.
    • ,
  • Rebecca H. Burke, M.S.

,Accepted 16 July 2008.

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 Support was received from the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (RO1 AA012187 and K24 AA013442).The authors thank James McKay, Ph.D., for serving as a consultant on this study, Dr. Elizabeth Cannata, and the staff of Wheeler Clinic, Plainville.

PII: S0890-8567(08)60141-0

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318189147c

Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 12 , Pages 1405-1412 , December 2008

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