Lisa M. Najavits, PhD, professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine and lecturer at Harvard Medical School, Boston. She is president-elect of the Division on Addictions of the American Psychological Association and author of Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse (Guilford) and A Woman’s Addiction Workbook (New Harbinger). www.seekingsafety.org
Is someone you know drinking too much or too reliant on drugs, legal or illegal? Or maybe you wonder if…