Devices
Traditional approaches to assessing and treating substance use disorders have focused on history taking, laboratory tests, medications and behavioral treatments. Increasingly, psychiatrists have sought novel diagnostic and therapeutic solutions utilizing devices to measure and modify disease processes in the service of health. Our Division has a growing interest in the use of devices in the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. These include using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, deep brain stimulation and peripheral nerve stimulation as potential treatments for substance use disorders. Researchers in the Division are also developing novel device-based methods for detecting recent substance use as well as for diagnosing substance use disorders. Additionally, we are utilizing mobile technologies as a way to monitor and improve the efficacy of treatments, as well as probe the mechanisms of behavior change in real time.
Faculty Conducting Research on Devices: