Drug dependence, a chronic medical illness: implications for treatment, insurance, and outcomes evaluation.
@article{Mclellan2000DrugDA, title={Drug dependence, a chronic medical illness: implications for treatment, insurance, and outcomes evaluation.}, author={A. Thomas Mclellan and David C. Lewis and Charles P. O'brien and Herbert D. Kleber}, journal={JAMA}, year={2000}, volume={284 13}, pages={ 1689-95 } }
The effects of drug dependence on social systems has helped shape the generally held view that drug dependence is primarily a social problem, not a health problem. [] Key Method A literature review compared the diagnoses, heritability, etiology (genetic and environmental factors), pathophysiology, and response to treatments (adherence and relapse) of drug dependence vs type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and asthma. Genetic heritability, personal choice, and environmental factors are comparably involved…
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