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Rehabilitation

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Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Part of the book series: Critical Issues in Psychiatry ((CIPS))

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This chapter serves as an introduction to the concept of rehabilitation for alcoholism and drug abuse rather than a definitive discussion of all aspects of care. It can be read for general knowledge, for guidelines to the appropriate referral of patients, as a framework for the critical evaluation of programs, or as a basis for the development of your own treatment efforts. I will first present a series of general rules that (with modifications) fit rehabilitation for all substance misusers. These are followed by a discussion of guidelines specifically tailored to particular drug approaches.

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Schuckit, M.A. (1984). Rehabilitation. In: Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1176-8_15

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