Edwards Helped Establish Addiction as Medical Problem

Edwards helped establish addiction as medical problem

Filed under: alcohol abuse therapy

Dr. Griffith Edwards, a psychiatrist who helped establish addiction medicine as a science, formulating definitions of drug and alcohol dependence that are used worldwide to diagnose and treat substance abuse, died Sept. 13 in a hospice … He was among …
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Panel Reminds Doctors to Screen for Alcohol Misuse

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Doctors would determine whether counseling was needed by asking a simple set of questions about alcohol use during the patient's primary care visit. The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism considers more than 14 drinks a week excessive …
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Behavior Therapy Associates receives 3000 for online program

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Albuquerque-based Behavior Therapy Associates will receive $ 153,000 in funds to develop an online program to help patients with alcohol and drug abuse problems. The funds come from a small business innovation research grant from the National Institute …
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