How Drug Addiction Impacts The Brain and the Body

Associate Professor Dr Jayakumar Murthy, Neuroscientist, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | Associate Professor Dr Isa Naina Mohamed, Clinical Pharmacologist, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia | Dr Rashidi Mohamed Pakri Mohamed, Family Medicine Specialist, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

25-Nov-24 16:00

How Drug Addiction Impacts The Brain and the Body

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Have you wondered how much we understand about the impact of drug use on someone’s brain, and thus their behaviour? How far have we come in helping people with drug addiction and what have been the advances in the available treatment for those who need it? Here to dive into that, we’re joined by three experts from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia: neuroscientist Assoc Prof Dr Jayakumar Murthy, clinical pharmacologist Assoc Prof Dr Isa Naina Mohamed, and family medicine specialist Dr Rashidi Mohamed Pakri Mohamed.

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Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann

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Categories: wellness, managing disease

Tags: the bigger picture, health and living, substance use disorder, mental health, addiction, methadone replacement therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, neuroscience,

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