Translational and Clinical Research for Behavioral Health

Translational and clinical research for behavioral health – Dr. Greg McHugo, associate director, Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center (PRC), provides an overview of work at the center and discusses how DatStat Illume…

A Culture of Denial: Myths About Addicts and Addiction

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We are not only in denial about substance use and addiction, we have been fooled by television therapists, country club treatment program advertisements, and wishful but naïve thinking that people can end their addictions by going through drug …
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Cleveland Clinic announces Top Ten Medical Innovations of 2014

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In 2011, researchers at the Clinic published preliminary results showing that a method for studying the genes, or DNA, of an individual's prostate cancer, could help determine if the disease was aggressive enough to merit immediate treatment or slow …
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To fight human trafficking, Moldova troupe rewrites tragic endings

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This method of participatory theatre, where spectators are asked to change the outcome of the play, was invented by Brazilian director Augusto Boal in the 1970s in a bid to give a voice to audiences. A short play about a social problem … I was …
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