Robert Gatchel, PhD, ABPP
Dr. Gatchel is the Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington. In addition, he is the Program Director of the Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at The...
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Opioid addiction is a significant public health problem in the United States, associated with the spread of infectious diseases, crime, premature death, and significant psychiatric and medical comorbidities. There are an estimated 1 million people meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-IV criteria for prescription opioid dependence according to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and an additional 1 million people addicted to heroin according to the Office of National Drug Control...
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