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Biology, environment, or psychology? Which is most important in addiction?
I get asked this question a lot, both by people who are fully committed to the biological (or brain) model of addiction and ones who thinks it’s crap and that it’s all about psychology, experience, and motivation. The thing is that it is absolutely impossible to separate the influence of the brain, environment, and psychology…
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Brain damage and changes due to drug use – Video
http://vyou.com/swf/vyou-mini-player.swf?uid=30917&nid=451773
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Conversation with an addiction expert – Jeanne Obert
Following up our successful and informative short interview with Chris Evans, we now turn our attention to Jeanne Obert, a founder and the Executive Director of the Matrix Institute. Matrix is an outpatient treatment center that is associated with the UCLA’s Integrated Substance Abuse Programs (ISAP). Jeanne is a developer of the Matrix Model of…