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Online Recovery Support Meetings Can Help Mitigate the Public Health Consequences of COVID-19 for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder

This is an academic paper that provides commentary on how virtual mutual help organization meetings, such as online 12-Step meetings, can provide some of the therapeutic benefits of in-person recovery support meetings in the context of the coronavirus pandemic.  

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Online Recovery Support Meetings Can Help Mitigate the Public Health Consequences of COVID-19 for Individuals with Substance Use Disorder
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Bergman, B.G., Kelly, J.F., Fava, M., Eden Evins, A. (2020). Online recovery support meetings can help mitigate the public health consequences of COVID-19 for individuals with substance use disorder. Addictive Behaviors. Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106661