“Unfortunately, despite decades of research, it cannot be concluded that general group counseling is reliably effective in reducing substance use or related problems.”
– Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs and Health, November, 2016, Page 4-26
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For research citations on counseling – individual or group – for opioid use disorder, please see On Counseling and Medication-Assisted Treatment.
For more excerpts, quotes, and definitions related to substance use disorder, please see Addiction Recovery: Define Terms and End Conflation.
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