Dr. Paul Appelbaum: The guilty verdict would seem to support the idea that people who are depressed and suicidal are vulnerable; toying with their lives is something that shouldn’t be acceptable.
Dr. Edward Nunes: Substance use disorders are complex, determined by multiple factors: genetic, features of early environment, and the current environment, including stress.
Dr. Ravi Shah: When you think of 9/11 workers or people who have worked in certain disaster sites, there's a secondary traumatic process that occurs by vicariously experiencing these horrific things,
Dr. Efrat Aharonovich: Our study shows the validity of two scales for assessing how cognitive impairments are associated with many substance disorders including alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine.
Dr. Efrat Aharonovich: Our study shows the validity of two scales for assessing how cognitive impairments are associated with many substance disorders including alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine.
Dr. Efrat Aharonovich: Our study shows the validity of two scales for assessing how cognitive impairments are associated with many substance disorders including alcohol, cannabis, and cocaine.
New research finds that cognitive impairments are not just a problem for substance use disorder patients, but occur more broadly among substance users in the general population.
Recently published findings showed a significant increase in marijuana use among adults aged 26 and older in states that passed loosely regulated medical marijuana laws (MMLs).
The rule has to stay, said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, to protect people "who are the subject of our statements ... who might be harmed by our blind speculation."
