How to Identify and Help a Health Care Professional with a Substance Use Disorder – PART ONE [Note to Reader: This post is “Part One” of a 2-part blog-post. “Part Two” will follow shortly after publication of this post.] The nature of addiction has been studied by scientists and researchers for decades. The American Psychiatric…
It is commonly held in modern science that a person’s genetics influence the risk of psychiatric disorders. But while genetic factors underlying addiction—i.e., alcohol and substance abuse disorder—clearly play an important role in the disease’s development, it can be hard figuring out the specifics of those factors in any given individual’s case (e.g., how does…
Alcohol is one of the most popular and widely used drugs in the US, in large part because it’s legal. Unfortunately, it’s also the most widely abused substances in the US as well. It accounts for nearly ¾ of all substance abuse disorders in the country. Given how widespread a problem it is, it’s important…