Review article reinforces support for brain disease model of addiction

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The concept of addiction as a brain disease is still being questioned. Yet, an article published today in The New England Journal of Medicine by NIDA Director Dr. Nora Volkow, NIAAA Director Dr. George Koob, and Dr. A. Thomas McLellan, co-founder and Chair of the Board of the...

Source: NIDA News - January 28, 2016 Category: Addiction Tags: Addiction Science, Brain, Prevention Research, Researchers, Treatment Research Source Type: news