Treatment for Addiction Meets Barriers in the Doctor’s Office: “Surveys …found that 9 of 10 primary care doctors fail to diagnose substance abuse in patients who display classic symptoms of the problem.

The researchers attributed these failures to insufficient training in the treatment of addiction, doctors’ frustration with afflicted patients, the common perception among doctors that treatment for substance abuse does not work, and a poor rate of insurance reimbursement for such services.” —New York Times