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Jeffrey D. Roth, M.D. is an addictions psychiatrist and group psychotherapist. He graduated from Yale University Medical School and did his residency in psychiatry at the University of Chicago. He is board certified in psychiatry and in the sub-specialty of addictions psychiatry, and is certified in addictions medicine by the American Society of Addictions Medicine (ASAM). He is the past-president of the Chicago Center for the Study of Groups and Organizations, a Fellow of ASAM and a Fellow of the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He is the author of the book Group Psychotherapy and Recovery from Addiction: Carrying the Message and the editor of the Journal of Groups in Addiction and Recovery.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Addiction Medicine
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English
Doctor Q&A
332 Answers
36 Agrees
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
CAGE: The simplest test for substance abuse is the CAGE questionnaire:
Have you ever felt you needed to Cut down on your use?
Have people Annoyed you by cri... Read More
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A 32-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Two symptoms: 1) Loss of control
2) Unmanageability
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Maybe: You may have been messed up by drugs before the overdose.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: What is the upside of using cocaine? Consider attending a meeting of Cocaine anonymous.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
As long as it takes: Working the 12 steps is easier with a sponsor. Find someone who has what you want and ask how they got it. If the sponsor you choose is not helping ... Read More
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A 23-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Survivors of Incest : Consider survivors of incest anonymous and/or incest survivors anonymous, two twelve step programs for survivors of sexual abuse.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Toxic to all organs: Consider attending a meeting of alcoholics anonymous.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Addiction is an equal opportunity disease.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Compulsive gambling: Slot machines are one form of gambling that may lead to compulsive gambling. Mutual support helps; consider attending a meeting of gamblers anonymous... Read More
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A 28-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Cannabis addiction: Congratulations! awareness is the first step to recovery. If you have accepted that you are addicted, you might take the action of attending marijua... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Addiction= disease: Marijuana is not bad. Using marijuana may be harmful. Disease is not a moral problem. Neither the addict or the drug is bad.
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Buprenorphine helps: You might also consider Buprenorphine and attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous or Cocaine anonymous.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Days to weeks: Thc is stored in fat tissue and may take days to weeks to be completely excreted from the body.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Buprenorphine helps: Cold turkey is the difficult path which may only result in relapse. Consult your physician about using Buprenorphine for detoxification and/or mainte... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: The 12 step program works if you go to meetings and ask for help.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
They don't: Addicts who are not in recovery blame others. 12 step programs suggest that blaming others (carrying resentments) leads to continued addiction.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of alcoholics anonymous and see if it fits.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: More information is available from the american group psychotherapy association (www.Agpa.Org).
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Group therapy is particularly useful in helping people learn how to have more effective and intimate relationships with themselves and others. Learn ... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Maybe: If you are concerned about your drinking, you might consider attending a meeting of alcoholics anonymous. Fatty liver may also be caused by other pro... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Third step: Consider turning over the care of your body to a physician with experience treating patients in recovery from addiction.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
?: The drug abuser may have difficulty admitting to being an addict.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Alcohol: Drinking alcohol during pregnancy may cause serious harm to the developing baby.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Are you going to aa meetings? Do you have a sponsor? Do you have a phone list of aa members whom you can call when you have a craving?
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of al-anon or nar-anon for the families and friends of alcoholics and addicts.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of alcoholics anonymous.
Created for people with ongoing healthcare needs but benefits everyone.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Two 12 Step groups: You might want to consider attending a meeting of survivors of incest anonymous (sia) and/or incest survivors anonymous (isa)
the most important diff... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Alcoholics anonymous is available over the counter and costs $1 per meeting if you want to throw a dollar in the basket.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous or marijuana anonymous.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Keep it simple: consider attending a meeting of alcoholics anonymous. The alcohol is what causes the blackouts, not the stress.
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A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Nicotine and alcohol: Nicotine and alcohol are the most toxic drugs and cause the most damage to those who use them and their families.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous and ask for the experience of others who have been there.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Smoking cessation: The lungs are quite capable of providing their own mechanisms of detox when they are not loaded down with smoke. Consider nicotine anonymous.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes: Symptoms of withdrawal from opiates are common in opiate users.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: A nicotine addict is not able to control their use of nicotine, and the use of nicotine causes problems. Nicotine anonymous may be useful.
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Days to weeks: The physical symptoms rarely last longer than a week, but the cravings may last much longer. Consider attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous. If... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Buprenorphine?: Instead of doing it by yourself, you might want to consider consulting an addiction specialist about using buprenorphine. Also consider attending nar... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of nicotine anonymous.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Alcoholism: Antabuse (disulfiram) causes the person who takes it and drinks alcohol to become violently ill. Mutual support such as alcoholics anonymous is a gen... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual Support Helps: You might consider attending a meeting of al-anon or codependents anonymous, twelve step programs for the families and friends of alcoholics or addict... Read More
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A 37-year-old male asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Mutual support helps: Consider attending a meeting of alcoholics anonymous.
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5.3k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 45-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Family disease: Consider attending a meeting of al-anon , for the families and friends of alcoholics.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Slow growth is good: The patch replaces the nicotine from smoking. One day at a time works best. If you wean off very gently, and use mutual support, you may find that r... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Buprenorphine helps: Ask your physician about using Buprenorphine for detoxification and/or maintenance. You may need referral to a specialist who prescribes this medicat... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Deadly serious: Mutual support helps. Consider attending a meeting of narcotics anonymous.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Step One of SA: Consider attending a meeting of sexaholics anonymous. The first step:
we admitted that we were powerless over lust -- that our lives had become unm... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Buprenorphine helps: http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/bwns_locator/
opiate addiction may be treated quite effectively with the combination of Buprenorphine (suboxone) and ... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Yes.: Narcotics suppress feelings by inducing a chemical high. For more direct experiences of opiate users, consider attending a meeting of narcotics anony... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Rothanswered
Addiction Medicine 45 years experience
Buprenorphine helps: Opiate addiction may be treated quite effectively with the combination of Buprenorphine (suboxone) and psychosocial support. The longer the treatment... Read More
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Aug 16, 2013
I recommend you as a well know expert in your field.
Dr Jakavick would recommend this Dr To all who seek their expertise.
Jul 5, 2014
Dr. Roth has tremendous skill in addictions and group therapy. He has my highest recommendation.
Mar 24, 2014
Outstanding responses and dedication in his field! A true asset to the community and patients!
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I appreciate this insight, it really explained things am experiencing. picked the habit of smoking, my family are complaining that losing weight and getting dark everyd...Read More
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This was very helpful. Thanks! I didn't know that the calories were being LOST! THANK YOU so much for that info! -Valerie
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Thanks for that....I gave up smoking 3 years ago and am now trying to lose the extra weight
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
Yale University School of Medicine, CT
Graduated 1978MD
Awards
Most Influential, Second Place, Chicago, IL - Winter
2013
Top Addiction Specialist , Third Place, National - Winter
2013
Top Addiction Specialist , First Place, Illinois - Summer
2014
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