Addiction is a disease of the pleasure-producing chemistry of the brain. Drugs of abuse share the ability to activate the chemical pathways in the brain. When active, they yield feelings of well-being, pleasure, and euphoria. By overstimulating the pleasure system, the drugs cause neuron-...
The United States is stuck in its drug abuse metaphors and in polarized arguments about them. Everyone has an opinion. One side insists that we must control supply, the other that we must reduce demand. People see addiction as either a disease or as a failure of will. None of this bumper...
Addiction is a disease of the pleasure-producing chemistry of the brain. Drugs of abuse share the ability to activate the chemical pathways in the brain. When active, they yield feelings of well-being, pleasure, and euphoria. By overstimulating the pleasure system, the drugs cause neuron-adapti...
What may be less appreciated among scientists is that its impact in the real world of addiction treatment has remained more limited, with large numbers of patients still not receiving evidence-based treatments. In recent years, the conceptualization of addiction as a brain disease has come under ...
It is widely believed that it greatly facilitates students’ campus life. Many instances could be found to support this type of opinion. 大家都认为手机极大的'方便了学生大学生活。有很多例子可以支持该观点。 A graduating student in our university bought a mobile phone in the course of hunting for...
Addiction is a disease that affects your brain and behavior. When you’re addicted to drugs, you can’t resist the urge to use them, no matter how much harm the drugs may cause. The earlier you get treatment for drug addiction (also called substance use disorder) the more likely you are...
Focuses on the view that drug addiction is a brain disease that develops as a result of the initially voluntary behavior of using drugs. Impact of drug addiction on brain structure and function; Controversy over the brain-based view of addiction; Remarks on the concept of addiction; Implications...
To examine the NIDA brain disease paradigm, our approach includes a review of current criticism from the literature, enhanced by the voices of key stakeholders. Many argue that framing addiction as a disease will enhance therapeutic outcomes and allay moral stigma. We conclude that it is not ...
"Addiction is a brain disease that could be treated like any other disease," Steffensen said. "I wouldn't be as motivated to do this research, or as passionate about the work, if I didn't think a cure was possible." Steffensen's research suggests that the process of a brain becoming ...
15.3Addiction defined as a disease of the brain The disease model of addiction is now firmly established based on overwhelming evidence that addiction is a disease of the brain, where a substance or behavior can produce a need to use drugs or behave in a compulsive manner with known adverse ...