What is addiction, and how can we stop it? The complexities of addiction have stumped scientists for decades. Today, with 48 million Americans over the age of 12 suffering from a substance use ...

For a drug to reach the level of clinical studies, it must survive evaluation for both pharmacologic and toxic effects through in vitro and in vivo laboratory animal testing. In phase 1 studies, a ...

We deal with a lot of inherently traumatic things in medicine every day. We see people die or get terrible injuries. We see people who have lost control of their lives. We convince ourselves that it ...

New Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Professor and Chairman of the Psychiatry Department Dr. Rajendra Badgaiyan poses for a photo outside the TTUHSC Psychiatry office. (Courtesy Photo) New ...

James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...