Addiction: Lifestyle choice or medical diagnosis?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 493-496

  Nutt, David ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abstinence; addiction; buprenorphine; heroin; recovery; treatment

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; BUPRENORPHINE; CYTOCHROME P450; METHADONE; NALTREXONE; OXYBATE SODIUM; VARENICLINE;

ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MISUSE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE;

BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PUBLIC POLICY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84878327766     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jep.12045     Document Type: Article

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