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Previous Volume 347:225-226 July 18, 2002 Number 3

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Edited by Frank M. Tims, Carl G. Leukefeld, and Jerome J. Platt. 432 pp. New Haven, Conn., Yale University Press, 2001. $45. ISBN 0-300-08383-1.

Relapse is a persistent feature of addiction. Relapse seems so self-destructive that persons who are not addicted have difficulty understanding it, whereas those who are addicted know it all too well. Clinicians struggle with the problem of relapse and associated antisocial behavior without complete understanding and without effective means to treat it. Understanding relapse and the processes underlying recovery is essential to understanding and treating addictions. This book was originally conceived as an opportunity to revise and update the National Institute of Drug Abuse research monograph Relapse and Recovery in Drug Abuse (written by two of the current editors, Tims . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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