Allen Frances
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American Addiction Centers (AAC)
American Addiction Centers (AAC) is the leading provider for addiction treatment across the U.S. specializing in evidence-based treatment and mental health care.
At AAC, we aim to treat the whole person, which includes those with co-occurring mental health disorders, physical illnesses, or social issues related to addiction treatment.
About
Dr. Allen Frances is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and former Chair at Duke University. He was previously chair of the DSM IV Task Force and played an instrumental role in the preparation of DSM III.
He was described by the New York Times as “the most powerful psychiatrist in America” and is the author of the internationally best-selling book Saving Normal, winner of three book awards.
His other recent book, Essentials Of Psychiatric Diagnosis, provides the clearest guide to the use and misuse of psychiatric diagnosis.
Dr. Frances blogs regularly on Huffington Post, Psychiatric Times, Psychology Today, and Education Update. He also Tweets @AllenFrancesMD.
Authored (46 Posts)
- Trump Backs Down On Vaping Regulations
- Political Bombshell Helps Explain Ketamine Craze
- How Much Will The Opioid Settlements Help Opioid Victims?
- Vaping Crisis: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
- Vaping And Lung Disease
- Sackler Drug Cartel Goes Global
- The Stealth Meth Epidemic
- When Doctors are the Ones Dealing Drugs
- Vaping And the Link to Drug Addiction
- To Vape Or Not To Vape - The Smokers' Question
- FDA Ponders Fate Of E-Cigarettes
- Poison Pills: An Update on the Fentanyl & Carfentanil Epidemic
- Kratom Alarm: U.S. Government Privileges Pills and Attacks Plants
- Spotlight on the Sackler’s Partial Surrender in the OxyContin Wars
- The Betel Nut and DSM-5: What is a Substance Use Disorder?
- Trump's Opioid War Just Got Even Worse
- The People Are Ahead of Doctors and Politicians on Legalizing Pot
- Why Are Doctors Afraid to Prescribe Medical Marijuana?
- Trump Chaos Cripples Federal Response to Opioid Epidemic
- Puritan Prohibitions Against Marijuana Research
- More Government Inaction Allows Pharma to Get Away With Murder
- Trump Appoints a Completely Unqualified Drug Czarina
- A Heath Secretary Who Needs to Learn a Lot More About Opioid Addiction
- The Real and Unreal Uses of Medical Marijuana
- Newsflash: Medicare is Feeding the Opioid Crisis
- The Failed War on Drugs Marches On
- Too Little, Too Late: FDA Responds to Opioid Epidemic
- Should the NFL Let Players Use Pot for Pain?
- Breaking News: Attorney General Escalates War on Drugs
- Is Pot a Good Treatment For Opioid Addiction?
- President Trumping Prison Reform
- The Right Way - and the Wrong Way - to Deal With Our Opioid Epidemic
- Trump's New Pot Policy
- 2015 CDC Report: US Overdose Deaths Top 50,000 For First Time
- Is Ecstasy a Magic Bullet for PTSD?
- Should Addicts Be Patients or Prisoners?
- Sleeping Pills Are Addictive, Unsafe, and Ineffective
- Will the Magic Mushroom Help Dying Cancer Patients?
- How Low Can Pharma Go in Pushing Its Opioid Drugs?
- Pros and Cons of Pot Prohibition
- Pharma Finds Yet Another Way To Exploit The Opioid Epidemic
- Is Ketamine Really a Miracle Drug for Depression?
- OxyContin's Killer Offspring: Fentanyl and Carfentanil
- Connecting the Dots Between Opioid Drug Pushing and World-Class Philanthropy
- Opioid Companies Lobby Against Medical Marijuana
- Yes, Benzos Are Bad For You
American Addiction Centers (AAC)
American Addiction Centers (AAC) is the leading provider for addiction treatment across the U.S. specializing in evidence-based treatment and mental health care.
At AAC, we aim to treat the whole person, which includes those with co-occurring mental health disorders, physical illnesses, or social issues related to addiction treatment.