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Empirical Studies

Multiple psychological senses of community and community influences on personal recovery processes from substance use problems in later life: a collaborative and deductive reflexive thematic analysis

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Article: 2190200 | Received 31 Oct 2022, Accepted 08 Mar 2023, Published online: 16 Mar 2023

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