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Understanding Addiction: The New Science of Treatment and Recovery

Explore the genetic and neurological factors influencing addiction, effective treatment components, and recovery strategies. Discover how drugs alter natural reward pathways and the importance of addressing timing and circumstances for successful treatment. Addiction is a treatable disease with a focus on medication, withdrawal symptom management, adaptation to drug absence, and preventing relapse. Behavioral therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational incentives, motivational interviewing, and group therapy are key components for successful recovery.

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Understanding Addiction: The New Science of Treatment and Recovery

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  1. University of UtahDepartment of Human Genetics The New Science of Addiction Louisa A. Stark, Ph.D. Director

  2. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/index.cfm

  3. Addiction is similar to other diseases http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/addiction.html

  4. Key points • Natural reward pathways exist in the brain • Drugs of abuse alter the brain’s natural reward pathways • Genetics is a factor in addiction • Timing and circumstances influence addiction • Addiction is a treatable disease

  5. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/reward/

  6. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/drugs/

  7. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/genetics/

  8. http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/factors/

  9. http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/strategy.html

  10. http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/addiction.html

  11. Treatment and recovery http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/treatment.html

  12. Components of effective treatment • Treatment medications • Treat withdrawal symptoms • Help the brain adapt to the absence of the drug • Prevent relapse by interfering with triggers http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/issues/treatments.cfm

  13. Components of effective treatment • Behavioral therapies • Cognitive behavioral therapy • Motivational incentives • Motivational interviewing • Group therapy http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/treatment.html

  14. http://www.drugabuse.gov/scienceofaddiction/treatment.html

  15. Key points • Natural reward pathways exist in the brain • Drugs of abuse alter the brain’s natural reward pathways • Genetics is a factor in addiction • Timing and circumstances influence addiction • Addiction is a treatable disease

  16. To learn more http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/addiction/index.cfm

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