Evaluating a novel treatment for opioid use disorder based on dual-brain psychology and photobiomodulation

Abstract

Evaluating a novel treatment for opioid use disorder based on dual-brain psychology and photobiomodulation Opioid Use Disorder or opioid addiction is a devastating illness that leads to failed lives, overdoses and other medical catastrophes, family agony, crime, and social dysfunction. Although we have medications such as methadone, buprenorphine and naloxone) and self-help associations (such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous), still the epidemic is only growing with a skyrocketing number of overdose deaths. In this article, Dr. Fredric Schiffer, founder and CEO of MindLight, LLC, looks at treatments for opioid use disorder based on Dual-Brain Psychology and photobiomodulation. Dr. Schiffer is also a part-time assistant professor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.