The opioid crisis in the US is well known and is the subject of much debate and media attention; in 2017 alone, an overdose of opioids contributed to more than two-thirds (67.8%) of overdose deaths in the US, with a total of 47,600 deaths. Currently, 175 Americans die...
Dr. Ruth Arenas is our psychiatrist-sexologist. Trained at the University of Medicine of Granada. Started working as an emergency and primary care physician for 4 years. Later she specialized in Psychiatry at the Hospital de Jaen. She participates in numerous...
Endogenous opioids naturally occur in the body and play a vital role in our emotional health. It is a system of neurons that produces three opioids – endorphins, enkephalins and dynorphins. These opioids act as neurotransmitters and neuromodulators and they regulate...