“Man becomes cigarette smoker. Man suffers from stroke. Man completely loses urge to smoke.” This sums up the neon lights that have been blinking nonstop in the media around the scientific paper, “Damage to the Insula Disrupts Addiction to Cigarette Smoking” that was published in the January 26, 2007 issue of Science magazine (pages 531-534). [...]
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Dr. Jane Chin: What are the biggest misconceptions or “myths” people have about self-injury? Dr. Deborah Serani: I’d have to say that the biggest misconception about self-injury is that most people think that those who cut or self-injure are suicidal. Though any behavior that puts a person in harm’s way requires clinical evaluation, the basic [...]
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