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Preventing and treating addictive behaviour

Preventing and treating addictive behaviour

People can become addicted to various chemical substances, but also to behaviours like gambling or sex. Mark Griffiths examines the most common techniques for prevention and treatment of addiction

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'My name’s X and I’m an alcoholic.’ You may recognise this line from one of the many media portrayals of the 12-step programme used by Alcoholics Anonymous. But the treatment of addiction comes in many forms, as do attempts at its prevention.

Addiction prevention has typically been divided into three stages:

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