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Substance misuse from adolescence to adulthood: service issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Harith Swadi
Affiliation:
Guy's Hospital, London SE1 and Medway Health Authority, Kent
Harry Zeitlin
Affiliation:
Westminster Children's Hospital, London SW1
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Professionals dealing with young drug misusers, those providing mental health services for children, and those providing services for adult misusers have roles that converge and overlap (though occasionally diverge). While services for adult misusers may have been developing at a reasonable (though not to everyone's satisfaction) pace, those for adolescent misusers have not.

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