Implications of treatment providers' varying conceptions of the disease model of addiction: A response

Anthony Barnett¹, Wayne Hall^{2

3}, Craig L Fry⁴, Ella Dilkes-Frayne⁵, Adrian Carter^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
² Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
³ National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, UK.
⁴ College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ School of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
⁶ Australia and University of Queensland Centre of Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Comment

Anthony Barnett et al. Drug Alcohol Rev. 2018 Sep.

. 2018 Sep;37(6):729-730.

doi: 10.1111/dar.12844. Epub 2018 Jul 11.

Anthony Barnett¹, Wayne Hall^{2

3}, Craig L Fry⁴, Ella Dilkes-Frayne⁵, Adrian Carter^{1

6}

¹ Monash Institute of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences and School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
² Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
³ National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, London, UK.
⁴ College of Health and Biomedicine, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
⁵ School of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
⁶ Australia and University of Queensland Centre of Clinical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: addiction; attitudes of health personnel; brain disease; medicalisation; treatment.

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