Culture and substance abuse: Impact of culture affects approach to treatment

Psychiatric Times

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Abbott, Patrick ^a,b   Chase, Duane M ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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