| « back to Update hompage | Bryon Adinoff, MD | | Impulsivity: What is it, Who has it and What to do about it | | | | BIO | Dr. Adinoff is Professor and Distinguished Professorship of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He is also the Chief of the Division on Addictions at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a staff psychiatrist at the VA North Texas Health Care System. Dr. Adinoff is the Principle Investigator of the Texas Node of the NIDA-funded Clinical Trials Network, a nationwide infrastructure designed to develop and assess new pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for substance use disorders. He receives funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and Department of Veterans Affairs. He has published over 80 articles, reviews, and book chapters on the biology and treatment of addiction, with a focus on neuroendocrine and neurobiologic disruptions following chronic cocaine or alcohol use.
| | | | | OBJECTIVES | | At the completion of this session, the participant should be able to: | | | Describe the cognitive and behavioral manifestations of impulsivity Identify the psychiatric disorders most likely to show evidence of impulsivity Describe the pharmacologic and behavioral interventions for impulsivity
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