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Addiction Is Not A Moral Failure… It’s a Brain Disorder

July 9, 2026

Dr. Nora Volkow, neuroscientist and Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Addiction has been widely viewed as the result of poor self-control and personal behavioral choices. In this TEDMED talk, Dr. Volkow discusses how images of the human brain provide insight into the role of the chemical dopamine.

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Posted in Mental Health | Tags: addiction, Alliance for Strong Families and Communities, brain, brain science, change in mind, cohort, dopamine, Dr. Nora Volkow, front lobe, grant, In The News, initiative, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, NIDA, NIH, public policy, resiliency, rewards, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, stigma, substance abuse

Healing From the Life-Long Effects of Childhood Trauma [VIDEO]

May 24, 2016

Healing from the life-long effects of childhood trauma

Addressing and treating childhood trauma improves outcomes for individuals, families and communities as a whole.

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Posted in Child Welfare, Trauma | Tags: ACEs, adverse childhood experience, AECF, Annie E. Casey Foundation, anonymous donor, childhood trauma, Dr. Glenn Saxe, foster care, foster parent, initiative, mental health, NYU, out-of-home placements, systems, trauma-informed, treatment, wellbeing