“There
is an age-old debate over alcoholism:
is the problem in the sufferer’s head — something that can be
overcome through willpower, spirituality or talk therapy, perhaps —
or is it a physical disease, one that needs continuing medical
treatment in much the same way as, say, diabetes or epilepsy?
Increasingly,
the medical establishment is putting its weight behind the physical
diagnosis. In the latest evidence, 10 medical institutions have just
introduced the first accredited residency programs in addiction
medicine, where doctors who have completed medical school and a
primary residency will be able to spend a year studying the
relationship between addiction and brain chemistry.
“This
is a first step toward bringing recognition, respectability and rigor
to addiction medicine,” said David Withers, who oversees the new
residency program at the Marworth Alcohol and Chemical Dependency
Treatment Centre in Waverly, Pa.”
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