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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Continuities and changes in self-change research

A substantial literature demonstrates that natural recoveries from substance use disorders not only occur but are a common pathway to recovery.

This article reviews selectively and comments on the current state-of-the-art in natural recovery research.

Although considerable progress has occurred in natural recovery research, several topics deserving of further research are identified, and implications for policy practice are discussed.

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