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Addiction Science: From Molecules to Managed Care
- Introduction
- What Is Addiction?
- Decades of research have revealed addiction to be a disease that alters the brain.
- Science has come a long way in helping us understand how drugs of abuse change the brain.
- Drugs of abuse change the brain, and new technologies are showing us how.
- We can now measure the brain’s response to drugs of abuse in real time.
- Addiction is similar to other chronic diseases.
- Research has also taught us that addiction is a complex disease, influenced by a multitude of highly entangled factors.
- Addiction usually begins in adolescence, thus early prevention is critical.
- Why Do People Abuse Drugs?
- Drug Use Changes the Brain
- Prevention/Development
- Genes, Environment, Comorbidity
- Treatment
- Relapse
- HIV/AIDS
- International Program & Conclusion
What Is Addiction?
In This Section
- Decades of research have revealed addiction to be a disease that alters the brain.
- Science has come a long way in helping us understand how drugs of abuse change the brain.
- Drugs of abuse change the brain, and new technologies are showing us how.
- We can now measure the brain’s response to drugs of abuse in real time.
- Addiction is similar to other chronic diseases.
- Research has also taught us that addiction is a complex disease, influenced by a multitude of highly entangled factors.
- Addiction usually begins in adolescence, thus early prevention is critical.
This page was last updated July 2008.
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