No Brain No Gain: The Impact of Multi-generational Trauma on the Addictive Brain
Written By: Kathy Willis, PhD Date: December 10th, 2009. Topic: Addiction Medicine.Thirty years ago, when I first started working in addiction treatment, the average patient was middle age, white, male, employed, with intact family and alcoholic. At the time, about 15-20% were women, usually alcohol and/or Valium addiction. The patient population was usually late-middle to late stage alcoholic, often had prolonged and medically challenging detox and [...]
