Author name: Dr. Beth Dunlap

Licensed Physician and Surgeon Dr. Beth Dunlap, a board-certified addiction medicine and family medicine physician, and is the medical director at Northern Illinois Recovery Center. She is responsible for overseeing all the integrated medical services at both campuses. Beth completed medical school, residency, and fellowship at Northwestern University, where she continues to serve on the faculty as a member of the Department of Family and Community Medicine. She has extensive experience in addiction medicine at all levels of care, and her clinical interests include integrated primary care and addiction medicine, harm reduction, and medication-assisted treatment.

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How to Help an Alcoholic Family Member

Alcoholism is a heartbreaking problem that affects many families in the United States. In fact, research indicates that the number of deaths attributed to alcohol is higher than that of even opioid addiction. From 2007 to 2017, deaths from alcohol rose 35 percent while the overall death rate only rose 24 percent. Deaths among women

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