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An Overview

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This book is written for the medical student, the physician in practice, the psychologist, the social worker, and other health professionals, or paraprofessionals, who need a quick, handy, clinically oriented reference on alcohol abuse and other drug problems.

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  1. San Diego School of Medicine, Veterans Administration Hospital, University of California, San Diego, California, USA

    Marc A. Schuckit M.D. (Professor of Psychiatry, Director of the Alcohol Research Center and Treatment Program)

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Schuckit, M.A. (1989). An Overview. In: Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Critical Issues in Psychiatry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0767-0_1

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