Behavioral Treatment of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Maxine L. Stitzer
Behavioral Biology Research Center
Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland 21224.

and

Stephen T. Higgins
Department of Psychiatry
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont 05401.

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published 2000