Adam Bisaga, MD, is an addiction psychiatrist, clinician, researcher, and professor of psychiatry at Columbia University. He conducts research on new treatments for opioid addiction and oversees a national program that mentors physicians treating opioid addictions. He is a UN expert involved in international addiction training and program development, and he recently co-edited the UN/WHO “International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders.”
Karen Chernyaev is a writer and editor with more than thirty years’ experience in publishing. She has worked on dozens of books on addic-tion treatment, recovery, and related topics.