"I THINK WE'LL BEGIN. WE'LL VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE TWO GLOBAL LEADERS IN THE FIELD OF ADDICTION. I'LL TELL YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM IN A MOMENT. BUT IN THINKING ABOUT TODAY'S SESSION AND TALKING ABOUT IT WITH SEVERAL POST DOCS AND FELLOWS, SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS POPPED UP AS THE THINGS THAT CROSSED OUR MINDS. AND I SUSPECT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT DEEPLY FAMILIAR WITH ALL OF THIS, VERY SIMILAR THINGS. SO THIS ISN'T REALLY A QUIZ BUT IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT.
THESE ARE WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, IS ADDICTION A PSYCHOLOGICAL OR AN ORGANIC BRAIN DISEASE? OR IS IT BOTH? CAN YOU PREDICT VULNERABILITY? WHO IS ON GOING TO BECOME ADDICTED. ISN'T THERE ANY WAY IT'S POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE OR GET SOME CLUES ABOUT THAT. SO IF THERE IS SOME VULNERABILITY, IS THERE A GENETIC BASIS AND IF SO HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT. IN A WAY, A SUBTITLE OF TODAY'S SESSION COULD BE ADDICTION IN THE GENOMIC ERA, BECAUSE THIS IS A POWERFUL TOOL FOR PROBING BEYOND THE CLASSICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY TYPE STUDIES OF ADDICTION AND FAMILIES OR DIFFERENT TIMES AND GENDERS AND SUCH. A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION THAT ONE OF MY POST DOCS ASKED ME WAS IS ADDICTION A DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASE. MEANING IS IT SOMETHING THAT OCCURS ESSENTIALLY, IS THE STAGE SET EARLY IN LIFE. OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU CAN SORT OF ACQUIRE ANYWHERE. . . . . "
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