Views of addiction neuroscientists and clinicians on the clinical impact of a 'brain disease model of addiction'

Neuroethics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-27

  Bell, Stephanie ^a   Carter, Adrian ^a   Mathews, Rebecca ^a   Gartner, Coral ^a   Lucke, Jayne ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attitudes; Brain disease; Neuroscience; Qualitative research; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84896052893     PISSN: 18745490     EISSN: 18745504     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12152-013-9177-9     Document Type: Article

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