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The Self‐Medication Hypothesis of Substance Use Disorders: A Reconsideration and Recent Applications
E. Khantzian
1997.1.1HARVARD REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY
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Clinical observations and empirical studies that focus on painful affects and subjective states of distress more consistently suggest that such states of suffering are important psychological determinants in using, becoming dependent upon, and relapsing to addictive substances.
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KHANTZIAN, E. The self‐medication hypothesis of substance use disorders: A reconsideration and recent applications. HARVARD REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY, 1997, 4: 231–244.