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disease concept  

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  • This popular and controversial model of addiction is credited to E. M. Jellinek, who presented a comprehensive disease model of alcoholism in 1960. The disease concept has become an implicit component of the Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous programs, as well as a guiding model for many treatment programs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery; Disease Concept]

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