Carl Erik Fisher

Assistant professor of clinical psychiatry, Columbia University. Author, “The Urge: Our History of Addiction”

Assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University. Author of the new book “The Urge: Our History of Addiction

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Dr. Carl Erik Fisher discusses the history and science behind diagnosing addiction and how the disease is also a reflection of social and cultural injustices in society.

More than a disease: How addiction reflects injustices

Dr. Carl Erik Fisher discusses the history and science behind diagnosing addiction and how the disease is also a reflection of social and cultural injustices in society.

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