|
Dr. Joe will have as his special guest Dr. Stuart Gitlow, MD, president of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). This episode is timely in drawing from Dr. Gitlow’s leadership and expertise to discuss the implications of the American Psychiatric Association’s July 2013 changes to its official diagnostic criteria for addiction. Has addiction changed, or just the diagnostic criteria? Will there be more people diagnosed with addiction? Is it expected that health insurance companies will cover more or less care? Will this save more lives and prevent harm from drug use and addicti
|
