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Pharmacological treatments for drug misuse and dependence

(Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry) , (Senior Clinical Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry) (Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry) (Senior Clinical Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry) (Consultant in Addiction Psychiatry) , (Senior Clinical Research Fellow) (Specialty Doctor in the Addictions) (Senior Clinical Research Fellow) (Specialty Doctor in the Addictions) & (Professor, Head of Department)

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