Recovered, in recovery or recovering from substance abuse? A question of identity

Journal of Psychoactive Drugs

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-394

  Doukas, Nick ^a   Cullen, Jim ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Identity; Labels; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77950912885     PISSN: 02791072     EISSN: 21599777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2009.10399778     Document Type: Article

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