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As we have already seen, the idea of ‘natural recovery’ or’ spontaneous remission’ from various states of addiction is a poorly understood and much contested concept. Some commentators in the field of alcohol and drug studies accept that it happens, while others remain skeptical. Given the nature of this debate occurring within Anglo-European societies, it is not surprising to find that the idea of natural recovery becomes even more problematic and unclear when considering other non-Western societies. Regrettably, little cross-cultural research has been done on these issues, so we lack specific knowledge. Indeed, Klingemann [1, p. 155] notes the dominance of the USA in the literature — of 80 works reviewed on environmental influences impeding or promoting change in substance behavior by adolescents, seven came from outside the US and only one from a non-anglophone country.
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Klingemann, H. et al. (2001). Natural recovery in cross-cultural perspective. In: Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0922-5_11
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