Substance use disorders: Semantics and stigma.

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Charon Burda is the specialty director of the BSN/DNP Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty at the University of Maryland, School of Nursing, Baltimore, Md. She has an active clinical practice and works nationally and internationally on issues related to nursing and behavioral health.

Published: January 2020

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