Addiction Treatment w/ Maia Szalavitz

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Cara is joined by Maia Szalavitz, author of Unbroken Brain, to talk about the way we treat addiction in this country, and why it is so very wrong. They focus on evidence-based approaches that work and how the cult of Synanon, incarceration, and 12-step programs often cause more harm than good.

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0:00.0	Oh, Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. It is Monday, September 19th and I'm
0:20.0	your host Kara Santa Maria. I am really excited about this week's episode, but before we dive
0:26.5	into it, I want to thank those of you who made Talk Nurdy Possible this week. Now, you know that the show is 100% free to download and always
0:37.1	always will be and you know the reason it's possible is because many of you choose to pledge your
0:44.1	support through different outlets specifically probably the the best one is
0:49.1	through Patreon if you're interested in supporting the show you can visit
0:53.0	Patreon.com slash talk nerdy and learn all about it.
0:57.0	And don't forget to visit the website
0:59.0	Kara Santa Maria.
1:01.0	com where you will see a lot of other ways you can support the show
1:04.5	like rating and reviewing on iTunes and also visiting the talk nerdy store
1:10.0	where we've got lots of cool stuff for sale right now, especially some brand new leather pieces by Foster
1:16.4	leathercraft like beautiful hand-tooled bookmarks.
1:20.4	Okay, I'm really excited about this week's episode.
1:25.0	I actually made a good segue there and I didn't even use it.
1:27.1	You can use one of those bookmarks in Maya's new book.
1:30.0	Oh my God.
1:31.2	Yeah, so my guest this week is Maya Solovitz.
1:34.1	She is an author.
1:36.1	She specializes in science writing
1:38.4	and has a strong focus on addiction
1:41.6	and evidence-based practices for addiction treatment.
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