Citation

Boniface S, Strang J. Lancet Psychiatry 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Addictions Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30300-1

PMID

31563448

Abstract

Globally, close to 2 billion people drink alcohol and a quarter of a billion people use illicit drugs. Although only a minority of substance users go on to develop problems, substance misuse poses an enormous disease burden globally. We now know there are substantial sociocultural, environmental, psychological, and genetic influences on substance use and also on the development of substance use disorders ...

Language: en