Addiction Treatment w/ Maia Szalavitz

from Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria · host Cara Santa Maria

Cara is joined by Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Brain, to talk about the way we treat addiction in this country, and why it is so very wrong. They focus on evidence-based approaches that work and how the cult of Synanon, incarceration, and 12-step programs often cause more harm than good.

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