mccauleyKevin  McCauley, is a qualified medical doctor and he focuses the important question about addiction: “ Is it really a “ disease? ” This video essay, filmed in high-definition and recipient of NAATP’s  Michael  Q.  Ford  Journalism  Award  2010, presents the arguments for and against this question. Reviewing all the latest research about addiction along the way. Uses the spectacular landscape of  Utah’s State  and  National  Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, turns complex neuroscientific concepts into easy-to-understand visual images that will help people in recovery feel better understood, and their families and friends feel hope that recovery is possible.


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