Maiz Szalavitz has written on the neuroscience of addiction for more than a quarter of a century, synthesizing and illuminating that work in her most recent book, Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction.
Since publication of Unbroken Brain in April of this year, Maia has written more than 30 additional articles which have appeared in multiple news sources including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Guardian. She has been interviewed numerous times, including by Terry Gross of NPR’s Fresh Air and by Johann Hari with VolteFace. I have attempted to curate Maia Salavitz’s prolific work since April, 2016 here. Maia released a series of pre-publication images via Twitter that we have curated and transcribed as 5 Addiction Myths Challenged by Maia Szalavitz in Unbroken Brain.
Maia Szalavitz will be speaking in Blacksburg, Virginia on August 3, 2016.
For those who haven’t yet read Unbroken Brain, but would like an orientation to Maia’s work, I offer these suggested highlights.
If you only have time to read one article:
- Can You Get Over an Addiction?, New York Times, 6/26/16
If you only have time to listen to one podcast:
If opioid addiction is of interest:
- What Science Says To Do If Your Loved One Has An Opioid Addiction, FiveThirtyEight, 7/19/16
If addictions treatment is of interest:
- The Rehab Industry Needs to Clean Up Its Act. Here’s How, The Influence, 2/4/16
If addictions recovery advocacy is of interest:
- The Rules Around Opioid Maintenance Would Be Seen as Unconscionable in Any Other Branch of Medicine, The Influence, 7/27/16
If an interview with Maia is of interest:
- Meeting Maia Szalavitz, interview, VolteFace, 7/25/16
And if you want to have what you thought you knew about addiction torched, try these:
- The public scorns the addiction treatment Prince was going to try. They shouldn’t. Washington Post, 5/9/16
- Why we should decriminalize all drugs, The Guardian, 7/5/16
- Addictions are harder to kick when you’re poor. Here’s why, The Guardian, 6/1/16
- Does Addictions Treatment Require a Higher Power?, NPR, 5/1/16
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Handshake Media, Incorporated is honored to present “What’s a Town to Do About Addiction? A Conversation with Maia Szalavitz, Author of Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction” at 7:00 PM EST on Wednesday, August 3, 2016, in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Thanks to its generous donation of meeting space, the event will be held in the New River Room at New River Valley Community Services, 700 University City Boulevard, Blacksburg, Virginia.
Directions to New River Valley Community Services (NRVCS) in Blacksburg, Virginia
The event is free and open to the public and will include time for Q & A with author Maia Szalavitz.
Can’t attend? NRVCS will be livestreaming the event on its Facebook page on Wednesday, August 3, 7:00 PM EST.
Read the full event details here. For more information about the evnt, please contact Anne Giles, 540-808-6334, [email protected]
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