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Substance Use Disorder: A Brain Disease
Author(s)Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, DFASAM
Medication, counseling, and support—just as important in substance use disorder treatment as any other brain disease.
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Brian Hurley, MD, MBA, DFASAM, gives a summary on his talk on medication treatment and psychotherapy for substance use disorders from the
Dr Hurley is the Medical Director of the Substance Abuse Prevention and Control at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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