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Neuroscience: Rethinking rehab

Alcoholics Anonymous and its spin-off programmes have been helping people with addictions for decades. Jim Schnabel talks to the neuroscientists who are looking deeper into the approach.

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Jim Schnabel is a freelance writer based in Maryland.

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Schnabel, J. Neuroscience: Rethinking rehab. Nature 458, 25–27 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458025a

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