IS ADDICTION A DISEASE?

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Is Addiction Really a Disease?


Dr. Kevin McCauley presents many powerful reasons to consider addiction as a disease, based on the dopamine hypothesis of addiction, and how that should translate to appropriate approaches to treatment of the disease.

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Understanding

Dr. Todd Carran gives an overview of the disease of addiction and briefly introduces the changes in the brain during addiction.

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Pathology

Dr. Todd Carran talks about the progressive pathophysiology of the brain in greater detail that occurs from mood-altering substances.

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Psychology

Dr. Todd Carran talks about the psychological factors that make people more susceptible to the disease of addiction.

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Consequences

Dr. Todd Carran talks about the medical consequences of addiction and its ability to damage every organ system in the body.

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Relapse

With the addiction, relapse is common and potentially deadly. Dr. Carran talks about the current state of the art of dealing with relapse.

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Smoking

Dr. Todd Carran talks about the correlations between smoking and addictive behaviors and the importance of giving up smoking.

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Brain Imaging

Dr. Nora Volkow, Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), discusses what happens in the human brain from addiction to drugs.

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Brain Disease

Dr. Nora Volkow of the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) presents a seminar on "Addiction as a Brain Disease: What Does it Mean?"

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