Addicts' narratives of recovery from drug use: Constructing a non-addict identity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1501-1510

  Mcintosh, James ^a   Mckeganey, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug addiction; Identity; Narratives of recovery

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTERVIEW; SELF REPORT; SOCIOLOGY;

ADULT; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033963281     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00409-8     Document Type: Article

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