NOTICE: As of September 18, 2023, login to calendar.vt.edu was disabled. Calendar admins will no longer be able to add new events or modify existing events.
If you need assistance with an existing event on calendar, please contact us: https://webapps.es.vt.edu/support/.

 Event Calendar
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
   Day      Week     Month  
1 1 1 1 1
 
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
   Search      Update  
1 1 1


Thursday, October 2, 2014
 

Mar 2024
  S M T W T F S
W08 25 26 27 28 29 1 2
W09 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
W10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
W11 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
W12 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
W13 31 1 2 3 4 5 6


Today is:
Thu, Mar 28, 2024


Subscribe & download

Filter events


5:30pm
  Modern Treatment of Alcoholism  
(VTC)

Charles O'Brien, MD, PhD
Kenneth Appel Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, Institute of Medicine

A public lecture in the Distinguished Scholars Series

Alcoholism is a common, chronic disease with strong genetic influence. Modern neuroscience has disclosed much about the underlying mechanisms of this devastating condition, but few physicians are aware that effective treatments are available. Thus, relapse-prevention medications are rarely prescribed and affected families are not told that such treatments exist. In reality, modern medications and traditional talk therapy work well together once the anti-medication bias is relieved. Effective treatment saves not only pain and suffering, but also reduces costs to the health care system. The Affordable Care Act requires that all health insurance cover substance use disorders and this may lead to more citizens with alcoholism receiving modern treatment.

Live Webcast: http://research.vtc.vt.edu/live-webcast

A public reception will be held in the VTC Cafe at 5:00 p.m.

Hosted by: Michael J. Friedlander, PhD, Executive Director, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
More information...


Location: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, 2 Riverside Circle, Roanoke
Price: Free
Sponsor: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Contact: Michael Friedlander
E-Mail: vtcri-scholars@vtc.vt.edu
540-526-2013
   
copy this event into your personal desktop calendar
powered by VTCalendar 2.2.1