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Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice 1/2012

Open Access 01-12-2012 | Editorial

Science to improve care for people affected by unhealthy alcohol and other drug use

Authors: Richard Saitz, Jeffrey Samet

Published in: Addiction Science & Clinical Practice | Issue 1/2012

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The last 20 years have brought two major changes in the field of addiction. First, the US Institute of Medicine (IOM) encouraged recognition of a spectrum of alcohol and other drug use that affects health and is not limited to those with the highest severity [1]. Unhealthy use (the spectrum from use that risks consequences through addiction [2]) among those without addiction is much more common than addiction itself. The second major shift also began in the 1990s with an emphasis on addiction as a chronic illness [3, 4] and on unhealthy use as a health condition. …
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Committee on Treatment of Alcohol Problems: Institute of Medicine: Broadening the Base of Treatment for Alcohol Problems. 1990, Washington: The National Academies Press
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Metadata
Title
Science to improve care for people affected by unhealthy alcohol and other drug use
Authors
Richard Saitz
Jeffrey Samet
Publication date
01-12-2012
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice / Issue 1/2012
Electronic ISSN: 1940-0640
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1940-0640-7-1

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