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The Pathological and the Subcultural Model of Drug use — A Test of Two Contrasting Explanations

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Alcoholism and Drug Dependence

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Until recently the explanation of drug use has usually been the domain of psychiatrists and other medically trained people. It was among them that the aetiology was mainly discussed and it was they who set the tone in other disciplines as well.* The dominant image of the drug user which they developed was that of an individual suffering from pathology. According to that view the motivation for drug use usually evolves from an attempt to escape from problems which the individual has to face. Drug use is seen as a flight from reality and the drug user is seen as a person deserving psychotherapeutic treatment.

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    Karl-Heinz Reuband

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  1. Mersey Regional Addiction Unit, Chester, England

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  2. Walton Hospital and Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool, England

    Robin Walker

  3. Merseyside Lancashire & Cheshire Council on Alcoholism, Liverpool, England

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Reuband, KH. (1977). The Pathological and the Subcultural Model of Drug use — A Test of Two Contrasting Explanations. In: Madden, J.S., Walker, R., Kenyon, W.H. (eds) Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2337-2_16

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