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2007
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What Is Addiction?
Season 1, Episode 1
: In an informal therapy group, Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of NIDA, discusses addiction as a brain disease with addicts and family members. She notes the environmental, behavioral and genetic factors that can make an individual vulnerable to addiction.
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About the Series
Addiction: The Supplementary Series (HBO)
A series of 13 short films examining different aspects of addiction, treatment and recovery.
Episodes
1. What Is Addiction?
Dr. Nora Volkow discusses addiction as a brain disease with addicts and family m...
2. Understanding Relapse
Experts explain that relapse is not the failure of treatment but part of the dis...
3. The Search for Treatment: A Challenging Journey
Addiction can be hard for both the addict and their family members. What can be ...
4. The Adolescent Addict
The adolescent brain is not fully developed, making young people extremely vulne...
5. An Interview with Nora Volkow, M.D.
Dr. Nora Volkow addresses issues such as: addiction as a brain disease, the stig...
6. An Interview with Mark Willenbring, M.D.
Dr. Mark Willenbring discusses the different factors that can lead to alcoholism...
7. An Interview with Michael Dennis, Ph.D.
Dr. Michael Dennis discusses the vulnerability of an adolescent's brain and the ...
8. An Interview with Kathleen Brady, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Kathleen Brady discusses how underlying disorders like anxiety, depression o...
9. Getting an Addict into Treatment: The CRAFT Approach
This program outlines the CRAFT approach, a gentle and effective method for help...
10. Treating Stimulant Addiction: The CBT Approach
While no medical treatment currently exists, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) ...
11. Opiate Addiction: Understanding Replacement Therapy
Follow the progress of a young couple who've been addicted to opiates for severa...
12. South Boston Drug Court
Drug Courts are an alternative to incarcerating repeat, non-violent drug felons....
13. A Mother's Desperation
The story of one mother's attempt to rescue her daughter from her heroin addiction.
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Season 1, Episode 1 - What Is Addiction?
Release Year:
2007
Rating:
AL