Brain Scans to Help Fight Addiction Currently in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Hanley Center is using brain scans as a tool to help treat addicts. By using brain scans the treatment center hopes to “build a road map to recovery” via the mind of the addict. In order to gain a better understanding of the process the specialists at Hanley display two brain scans as templates from which to explain the process. One brain scan shows a picture of a normal brain while another scan shows that of an addict. The brain scan of the addict resembles a photograph of a Swiss cheese chunk. “[The visual comparison] helps patients understand that they are dealing with a disease,” says Barbara Krantz, Hanley’s’ CEO and Medical Director of … Read entire article »