#161 - Worst Addiction Treatment Yet (Dr. Shaw)

The Addiction Connection Podcast

Dr. Shaw talks about WVU's experimental brain surgery to treat addiction cravings.

How much is it? How did this man qualify?

0:19 Hebrews 2:14-15 "Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery." (ESV) [1]

2:30 DBS

5:58 What will they do to him and call it "treatment" for addiction cravings?

6:58 Has anyone had "success," how is success defined, and what other factors are involved?

9:20 Same treatment for Parkinson's disease?

10:30 Pills to fix emotions? Brain surgery to fix brain disease of addiction? Using the material to fix the immaterial.

14:00 What does Mark E. Shaw, D.Min., biblical counselor, say about this DBS surgical procedure as treatment for addiction?

16:36 What is the reality of hell?

18:06 Disorder or disease? Does it matter how you "treat" addiction?

21:23 Where is your hope placed?

The Addiction Connection blogpost, Worldview Determines the "Cure" for Addiction, by Mark E. Shaw, posted February 24, 2022. Found here https://www.theaddictionconnection.org/worldview-determines-the-cure-for-addiction/

World Magazine article in which Dr. Mark E. Shaw was interviewed on the topic of brain surgery for addiction can be found at https://wng.org/roundups/brain-surgery-for-addiction-1645657349 Addie Michaelian, Brain Surgery for Addiction? World, February 23, 2022.

James Fisher's story is found in the article, Brain Surgery treating drug disorders at WVU, one patient's reason, 'I don't wanna die' by Sam Kirk, 12WBOY, updated Oct 1, 2021. Found at https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/brain-surgery-treating-drug-disorders-at-wvu-one-patients-reason-i-dont-wanna-die/

What Drugs Cause Tardive Dyskinesia? article: https://www.drugs.com/medical-answers/drugs-tardive-dyskinesia-3564907/

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