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Why Not Pot? A Review of the Brain-based Risks of Cannabis
by Kai MacDonald, MD, and Katherine Pappas, BA Dr. MacDonald and Ms. Pappas are with UC San Diego Psychiatry, San Diego, CA, USA Innov Clin Neurosci. 2016;13(3–4):13–22 Funding: Dr. MacDonald’s work is sponsored in part by the Goodenough Neuroscience Research Fund. Financial disclosures: The authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of […]
Why Psychotherapy Helps the Patient in Chronic Pain
by Linda J. Griffith, MD Dr. Griffith is Board Certified, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Certificate of Added Qualifications in Geriatrics; Chief Medical Officer, Consolidated Care, Inc., Champaign and Logan Counties, Ohio; and Clinical Assistant Professor, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State […]
The Dopamine Dilemma—Part II: Could Stimulants Cause Tolerance, Dependence, and Paradoxical Decompensation?
by Jason Yanofski, MD Dr. Yanofski is a forensic and clinical psychiatrist at the Minor Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) Clinic at US Army Garrison, Bamberg, Germany; Dr. Yanofski was working at the San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, California, during preparation of this manuscript. Dr. Yanofski trained at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland; University […]
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