increasingly understood to be a medical disorder

Advances in science are revolutionizing understanding of drug abuse and addiction. Addiction is increasingly understood to be a medical disorder with a critical central role for psychiatrists in its treatment. Consequently, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has teamed up with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, for its first-ever special track on drug addiction and the brain during the APA annual meeting