Dr. Jonathan Avery is an addiction psychiatrist at Weill Cornell and NY Presbyterian Hospitals, and is an expert on the stigma that comes along with addiction. We will explore that stigma, how it impacts people who are looking for treatment, and how you can help change the conversation about substance use disorders.

Dr. David Yusko returns to the show to talk about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), the signs and symptoms, how it connects with substance use disorders, and how you treat it.

Dr. Jeff Foote is the co-founder of the Center for Motivation and Change (CMC), the CMC:Foundation for Change, and is a former team psychologist for the NY Mets. He has helped people learn and use behavioral strategies to enact and maintain change on all levels, from the giant stages of Major League Baseball to surviving a Saturday Night out. Now, he's sharing those tips with us.

Dr. Daniel Lieberman, the author of The Molecule of More, talks about how Dopamine works in the brain to help us learn, and drives us to do more ... of everything!

When a person needs to get into rehab, the last thing they expect is that they are going to be invited into a rehab scam. However, this happens all the time. Julia Lurie, journalist at Mother Jones, spent 9 months learning about the underbelly of patient brokers and how they bounce patients from rehab to rehab in a large rehab scam.

David Sheff is the author of Beautiful Boy, which has been turned into a major motion picture, chronicling his son's journey with substance use disorder. David joins us to talk about his journey with his son, how writing about it became a vehicle for him to advocate for change, and the research he found about effective treatments along the way.

Dr. Adam Bisaga, a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and a researcher at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, is the author of Overcoming Opioid Addiction, a medical guide for individuals who are using opioids, families, doctors and therapists. Dr. Bisaga will talk about the current state of the opiate epidemic and what treatments are out there that people should know about.

The opioid epidemic has been ravaging the country, and it has entered into a new era, the fentanyl era. Learn all about what fentanyl is, how it entered into our culture, and why it is causing such devestation. Dr. John Mariani, director of Columbia University's Substance Treatment and Research Service (STARS) joins me to discuss all things Fentanyl.

Dr. Mark Green is an expert in the treatment of substance use disorders, and is an expert in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) which he has applied to addiction. Learn about this treatment modality and how it is used to help treat people with substance use disorders.

Dr. Shannon Caspersen is a triple-board certified psychiatrist who works with adolescents and addiction. Dr. Caspersen talks with me about how to spot a child who might have a problem, how we can help prevent substance use issues from taking hold in adolescence, and what you need to know about hot topics such as e-cigs and vaping, marijuana use, and drinking.