Recent Advances in Behavioral Addiction Treatments: Focusing on Mechanisms of Change

Richard Longabaugh & Molly Magill

In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded partly in response to the absence of professional treatment for alcoholism. It was not until much later that the federal government first created the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration to provide funds for the development and delivery of treatments for addictions and mental health disorders.

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