Washington Post quotes UB expert about physicians addressing patient substance use

An article in The Washington Post quotes Richard Blondell, UB professor of family medicine, about the difficulties the medical profession has addressing alcohol and drug use in patients. "We used to think that somebody who was an alcoholic had a behavior problem, and if you just figured out what happened during toilet training you could fix it," he said. Now, rather than "trying to fix the underlying psychological problem, it may be better to fix the underlying biological problem."

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/few-doctors-know-how-to-treat-addiction-a-new-program-aims-to-change-that/2012/08/31/d43f85bc-db27-11e1-bd1f-8f2b57de6d94_story.html