The history of neuroleptics is closely linked to that of psychiatry and the treatment of mental illnesses. Until the early 1960’s, most patients with psychotic symptoms were isolated and restrained with significant motor agitation. The therapeutic techniques used could Read More
Nora Volkow, director of the American National Institute on Drug Abuse, a cornerstone representative of the model of addiction as a chronic brain disease (see Nature, 2014), presents addiction as a “chronic relapsing brain disease” that vitiates free will through Read More
Despite the fact that six percent of American adults say they are “in recovery” from an alcohol or drug problem, yet, little is known on how they actually define this concept of “recovery” and Read More