Addiction

Keith Humphreys is a scholar, teacher, clinician, and public policy advisor in the addiction field. He has spent his career in the Department of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and in the U.S. Veterans Health Administration. He was Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Barack Obama Administration, and has for many years advised Congress, the U.K. Parliament, and other officials about policy strategies for preventing and treating addiction.

• 1: Understanding the terrain 2: Causes of addiction 3: Recovery and treatment 4: Cultural and public policy approaches to addiction 5: The future of addiction