Drug addiction, love, and the higher power

Evaluation and the Health Professions

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-370

  Sussman, Steve ^a   Reynaud, Michel ^b   Aubin, Henri Jean ^b   Leventhal, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

addiction; higher power; love

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOVE; RELIGION;

HUMANS; LOVE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 80052139827     PISSN: 01632787     EISSN: 15523918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163278711401002     Document Type: Article

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