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The Psychiatrically Severe Drug Abuse Patient: Methadone Maintenance or Therapeutic Community?

A. Thomas McLellan Drug Dependence Treatment Unit Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
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Anna Rose Childress Drug Dependence Treatment Unit Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
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Jeffrey Griffith Drug Dependence Treatment Unit Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
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George E. Woody Drug Dependence Treatment Unit Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104; Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
Pages 77-95 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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