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Older substance misusers still deserve better treatment interventions–an update (Part 3)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2006

Ilana Crome
Affiliation:
Keele University Medical School, UK
Roger Bloor
Affiliation:
Keele University Medical School, UK

Abstract

Substance use and misuse are best viewed through the framework of a multifactorial biopsychosocial model, which acknowledges the interplay of genetic, familial, physiological, psychological and social factors. Age, role, gender, social group and peer pressure, the family, community and occupational environment, as well as overall cultural values and controls on substance use, will act upon substance-taking behaviour.

Type
Neuropsychiatry of Old Age
Copyright
2006 Cambridge University Press

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