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Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Editorial - Understanding addiction - mediators and moderators of behaviour change processes: an introduction
International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research
Volume 17 Issue S1, Pages S1 - S3


We provide an introduction into a highly important research area for the improvement of preventive and therapeutic measures in the field of substance use disorders: a better understanding of core mediators and moderators of change processes, especially during critical phases like onset, progression, cessation and relapse. Based on a brief description of 12 papers on related projects we detail relevant research issues like the role of impaired cognitive control functions or the narrow window of opportunity for early interventions during adolescence.

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