Using fMRI to Treat Substance Abuse and Chronic Pain

Published October 24, 2012

Using fMRI to treat substance abuse and chronic pain – Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, will be using stimulus funds to see if real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging could be used to help relieve the agony that people experience as they try to free themselves of substance abuse. Now, thanks to the national economic stimulus program, Mackey will receive 1559 over the next two years to expand upon his earlier work, using fMRI to register how blood flow to the brain may change under different circumstances.

Larson investigates military substance abuse

Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment

That prompted Congress to ask the Department of Defense (DOD) to investigate; in turn, the DOD asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to assess protocols currently in place regarding the prevention, screening and diagnosis, and treatment of substance …
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Substance abuse among US military declared a public health crisis

Filed under: Substance Abuse Treatment

Doctors who feel they are unable to treat a patient's substance abuse problem should refer the individual to a specialist. The IOM also recommends that physicians check local prescription drug monitoring programs before prescribing service members …
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