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Commentary

The role of spirituality in addiction medicine: a position statement from the spirituality interest group of the international society of addiction medicine

Marc Galantera Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, MD,
Helena Hansenb Department of Anthropology and Psychiatry, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA
, MD, PhD &
Marc N. Potenzac Department of Psychiatry and the Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;d Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, Wethersfield, Connecticut, USA;e Connecticut Mental Health Center, New Haven, Connecticut, USA;f Department of Neuroscience, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6323-1354
, MD, PhDORCID Icon
Pages 269-271 | Published online: 02 Jul 2021

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