Addiction is at an all-time high in the United States and the results are deadly. Join Call to Mind for a special exploring substance use disorders in the US. We’ll hear firsthand from individuals who have recovered from substance use disorders, clinicians leading research and transforming the treatment field, and experts as they work to decriminalize substance use disorders.
Host: Kimberly Adams
Kimberly Adams is the host of Call to Mind’s national broadcast programs and a senior correspondent for APM’s Marketplace. She covers mental health, politics, business, and the economy from Washington, D.C. Before moving to D.C., Kimberly was a Cairo-based journalist reporting on the political, social, and economic upheaval in Egypt following the Arab Spring. Her award-winning work aired on multiple networks in the US, Canada, the UK, Germany, and Hong Kong.
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Guests:
Scott Edwards, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA. Associate Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Yasmin Hurd, Ph.D.
Director of the Addiction Institute within the Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System. Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Carrie Kappel, RN, LADC
Board co-chair, Minnesota Nursing Peer Support Network (NPSN). Manager of Operations, Addiction Services at Allina Health
Joji Suzuki, M.D.
Director, Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
Producer: Jessica Bari
Call to Mind’s senior producer is an award-winning producer and journalist. With an extensive focus in health news and programming, her work has appeared on national and regional public radio stations, PBS, Discovery channel, History channel, and SiriusXM’s Doctor Radio channel.