How Substance Use Is “a Brain Disorder.”

How substance use is “a brain disorder.” – Stuart Gitlow, an addictions specialist, explains the thought process needed to say that addiction and substance use is a brain disorder. Recorded at the 2011 SAMHSA Psychopharmacology Dialogue.

Tom Wolfe skims the surfaces of 'Back to Blood'

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About a quarter of the way through Tom Wolfe's new novel, "Back to Blood," pornography addiction specialist Dr. Norman Lewis waits with his nurse (and mistress) Magdelena Otero to be interviewed by a "60 Minutes" crew. Norman is delirious at the …
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Providers work hard to stay ahead of heroin epidemic

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When Christian Hospital opened its drug treatment center about eight years ago, it probably didn't expect some of the addiction trends that have since taken shape among young people in the St. Louis area. Experts say growing abuse of pain pills among …
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