Although Charles O’Brien, MD, who heads the substance-related disorders work group, is a vigorous proponent of the notion of addiction as a disease,...
More »An addiction treatment and rehab center in Florida has become the first facility on the East Coast to use single-photon emission CT scans as part of...
More »DSM-IV provides separate categories for Substance Abuse and Substance Dependence. The typical substance abuser is someone who gets into recurrent,...
More »Why do people get addicted? Of the countless books that have been published on this topic, this is the first that focuses on the self-medication...
More »Self-administration of drugs of abuse often causes changes in the brain that potentiate the development or intensification of addiction. However, an...
More »Physicians generally display better health and have lower rates of all-cause mortality than the general population.1 However, their education,...
More »Fewer than a handful of books have been published on the ethical dimensions and challenges in treating and helping persons living with an addiction....
More »The study and treatment of human sexual problems should fall under the purview of clinical psychiatry. Sexual behavior is an important factor in most...
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