Combatting Substance Use with Therapeutics
Joyce Besheer, Ph.D.
UNC Department of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor, UNC Bowles Alcohol Center
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is a devastating disease, and Dr. Besheer’s FOH-funded research portfolio has examined how stress, trauma, and other environmental and behavioral pathologies can influence alcohol drinking behavior and relapse.
This research into substance use disorder is timely and relevant to identify novel targets for the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, which affects 1 in 7 Americans, often in conjunction with other mental illnesses.