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Jeffrey Junig
Member since 19th February 2007
Occupation: Psychiatrist
Jeffrey T Junig is a psychiatrist and writer living in Wisconsin. In addition to his interest in the tax code, he enjoys poking fun at the Emperor’s clothing. You can visit him through his web site at http://warmalglobing.com
13th October 2008
Many people go to their doctors for treatment of an injury and are given a narcotic medication like vicodin or Percocet. These medications work initially, but over time two things happen; they tend to lose their effectiveness, and when a person stops t...
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07th February 2008
Part Three: Combining suboxone treatment and traditional recovery.
The appropriate relationship between suboxone treatment and traditional recovery becomes clear once one understands the relationship between opiate obsession and character defects. Sh...
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04th February 2008
Part Two: Character defects result from drug obsession.
Suboxone has given us a new paradigm for treatment which I refer to as the 'remission model'. This model takes into account that addiction is a dynamic process— far more dynamic than previousl...
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04th February 2008
Part one: A new treatment hits the scene.
By now almost every opiate addict has heard of suboxone, the amazing medication for opiate dependence that has taken the using world by storm. Despite an almost unanimous positive response among more then 100 ...
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05th March 2007
Are you addicted to pain pills? You certainly have company. The cycle of use, dependence, and use is playing out, over and over, in every community across the country. Note that I describe the cycle as ‘use, dependence, use’—a description that is...
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28th February 2007
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi
United States House of Representatives
235 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-4322
February 24, 2007
Dear Congresswoman Pelosi,
As you work to develop our next National Budget, I would like to pres...
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22nd February 2007
As I discuss career options with a group of third year medical students, I imagine a marketing brochure for psychiatry residencies in a world of mental health parity:
The brain is undeniably the most complex organ of the human body. Beyond controlling v...
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