Research is needed to understand substance use disorders in old adulthood

Silke Behrendt^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
² Unit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, and Psychiatric Department, Region of Southern Denmark, and OPEN Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, and BRIDGE, BrainResearch, Inter-Disciplinary Guided Excellence, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

Editorial

Silke Behrendt. Addiction. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;115(4):600-602.

doi: 10.1111/add.14811. Epub 2019 Nov 1.

Silke Behrendt^{1

2}

¹ Institute for Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
² Unit of Clinical Alcohol Research, Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, and Psychiatric Department, Region of Southern Denmark, and OPEN Patient Data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, and BRIDGE, BrainResearch, Inter-Disciplinary Guided Excellence, Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

No abstract available

Keywords: Alcohol; cannabis; etiology; nicotine; prescription drugs; senior.

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