In November 2021, I spoke with Dr. Roland Engelbrecht, a physician in British Columbia who works with the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society. The society had been in the news after the death of its founder, and I wanted to learn how doctors there use medication for alcohol use disorder.
In June 2021, I spoke with Adam Bisaga, MD, a research psychiatrist, professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University, and the author of Overcoming Opioid Addiction. We focused on research: implants, injections, and other long-acting forms of the medications already used for opioid use disorder.
In November 2021, I spoke with Abe Malkin, MD, MBA, a family medicine physician who also practices addiction medicine. He built a concierge practice that delivers medical care in people's homes, and he came to medicine after several years in finance.
Addiction and the family and how addiction affects families is a difficult subject to address during addiction treatment. Family involvement can vary dramatically among individuals who suffer from substance use…