Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 267-276 , December 2005

Evidence-based treatment: Why, what, where, when, and how?

  • William R. Miller, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161, USA
    • Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161, USA. Tel.: +1 505 925 2378; fax: +1 505 925 2379.
    • ,
  • Joan Zweben, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • 14th Street Clinic and East Bay Community Recovery Project, Oakland, CA, USA
    • University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Wendy R. Johnson, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161, USA
    • Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions (CASAA), University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-1161, USA

Received 19 May 2005 ,Revised 29 July 2005 ,Accepted 10 August 2005.

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PII: S0740-5472(05)00169-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2005.08.003

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 29, Issue 4 , Pages 267-276 , December 2005

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