Aswad -> RE: Latest in Drug Treatment: Caning (1/8/2013 3:02:04 PM)
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It's not new. In places where you can't legally prescribe low-risk opioids for depression, pain is sometimes used to induce natural (endogenous) opioid production. As a treatment modality, it has less risk than ECT, making it worthwhile to try with patients that are nearly catatonic. Using it against drug addiction seems a logical extension of that, probably motivated by the same legal hassles. IWYW, — Aswad.
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