Smoking and Mental Illness link: What’s the Deal?

Jan. 16, 2009 - PRLog -- Ever wonder why such a high percentage of those with mental illness smoke?  Find out why and the data that supports it.  Join guest host Dr. Mark Green with guest Dr. Eden Evins talk about the intriguing data that links tobacco use with mental illness.  Dr. Eden Evins is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.  She is the Director of the Center for Addiction Medicine and an attending psychiatrist in the Schizophrenia and Depression Clinical and Research Programs at the Massachusetts General Hosptial.  She is Project Director on a grant from National Institute Drug Addiction (NIDA) to study novel treatments for smoking cessation and prevention of relapse to smoking.  She is an expert in the treatment of nicotine dependence in patients with schizophrenia and depression.  

To hear the fascinating research on the link between smoking and mental illness, tune in to www.voiceamerica.com – Health and Wellness channel at 3:00pm EST on Monday January 19th.

Have a question during the show? Listener call in number is 866-472-5792.

Mark is the Medical Director for WestBridge. He obtained his medical degree at the University of London in 1993 and worked in internal medicine for several years before moving to the U.S. He completed his psychiatry residency in 1999 and then a Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry, at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Green was an Assistant Professor at Cornell, working and teaching in dual diagnosis, and a research associate at Rockefeller University where he conducted research in the clinical neurobiology of addictive disease. In 2003, he relocated to the University of Vermont to become the first medical director of Vermont’s first methadone clinic. Dr. Green moved to Massachusetts in 2004. In addition to his responsibilities at WestBridge, Dr. Green teaches at Harvard Medical School and participates in Psychiatric training programs, lectures on topics in Dual Diagnoses and publishes articles on neurobiology, collaborative psychopharmacology, and clinical management issues.

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