Is Addiction a Form of Neurodiversity? with Jan Tedeschi | EDB 52

Exploring Different Brains

English - October 19, 2016 19:04 - 19 minutes - 15.5 MB - ★★★★ - 8 ratings
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In this episode, Harold Reitman, M.D. speaks with parenting and addiction specialist Jan Tedeschi. Jan discusses her own childhood exposure to alcoholism, the role neurodiversity and the brain plays in addiction, and why society's perceptions of substance abuse may be making the problem worse.