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Association of Spirituality and Sobriety During a Behavioral Spirituality Intervention for Twelve Step (TS) Recovery

Anthony E. Brown Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA; The Institute for Religion and Health at the Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, M.D., M.P.H.,
Valory N. Pavlik Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
Ross Shegog School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
, Ph.D., M.P.H.,
Simon N. Whitney Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
, M.D., J.D.,
Lois C. Friedman Department of Psychiatry, Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
, Ph.D.,
Catherine Romero Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
, Ph.D.,
George Christopher Davis The Right Step, Substance Use Treatment Center, Houston, Texas, USA
, L.C.D.C.,
Irina Cech School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
, Ph.D.,
Thomas R. Kosten Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Alcohol and Addictive Disorders, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
, M.D. &
Robert J. Volk Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
, Ph.D. show all
Pages 611-617 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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