Robin Davidson on models for understanding Substance Use

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Robin Davidson
Robin Davidson
Location: Belfast, UK
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VIDEO NUMBER:
32
CATEGORY:
Policy, Strategy And Research
DATE ADDED:
17-06-2008
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Robin Davidson describes the different paths the alcohol field and the drugs field have taken.

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Footnotes
1) BOOK: Excessive appetites: a psychological view of addictions (Jim Orford John Wiley And Sons Ltd 2001 2nd Edition)

Excessive appetites: a psychological view of addictions (Jim Orford John Wiley And Sons Ltd 2001 2nd Edition)

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2) Paper: Understanding Problematic Drug Use: A Medical Matter or a Social Issue [Buchanan J 2006]
 

 Understanding Problematic Drug Use: A Medical Matter or a Social Issue [Buchanan J 2006]

Understanding Problematic Drug Use: A Medical Matter or a Social Issue British Journal of Community Justice Volume 4, Issue 2 pp. 387–397 
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Julian Buchanan
Julian Buchanan

3) ARTICLE: Alcohol dependence: provisional description of a clinical syndrome. (G Edwards and M M Gross 1976)
Alcohol dependence: provisional description of a clinical syndrome.(G Edwards and M M Gross 1976)
Br Med J. 1976 May 1; 1(6017): 1058 / 1061.
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