- Contributors
- 1 Addiction: Definition, Epidemiology, and Neurobiology
- 2 Overview of the Addiction Recovery Industry
- 3 Food Addiction
- 4 Integrative Approach to Alcohol Use Disorder
- 5 Integrative Approach to Sedative-Hypnotic Use Disorder
- 6 Integrative Approach to Cannabis-Use Disorder
- 7 Integrative Approach to Stimulant-Use Disorder
- 8 Integrative Approach to Opiates, Opioids, and Opiate Use Disorder
- 9 Integrative Approach to Nicotine Use Disorder
- 10 Integrative Approach to Behavioral Addictions: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD)
- 11 Hallucinogens: Spiritual and Therapeutic Use, Overuse, and Complications
- 12 Psychiatric Assessment and Co-Occurring Disorders
- 13 Psychosocial Treatment Approaches for Substance Use
- 14 Homeopathic Approach to Addiction
- 15 Ayurvedic Approach to Addiction
- 16 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Approach to Addiction
- 17 Nutritional Support and Addiction
- 18 Functional Medicine Approach to Addiction
- 19 Exercise for Addiction and Recovery
- 20 Nutraceutical Treatments for Addiction Recovery
- 21 Interaction of Spirituality and Religion with Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse
- 22 Three Dynamic Healing Modalities for the Treatment of Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders: Aromatherapy, Equine Therapy, and Creative Arts Therapies
- 22.1 Creative Arts Therapies: An Integrative Modality for Addiction and Trauma Treatment
- 22.2 The Role of Aromatherapy in the Treatment of Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders
- 22.3 Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders
- 23 Shamanism: Addiction and Soul Sickness
- 24 Ibogaine: History, Pharmacology, Spirituality, & Clinical Data
- 25 Group Therapy and Support in Addiction Treatment
- 26 Integrative Approaches to Healing
- 27 Integrative Approaches to the Management of Chronic Pain and Substance Abuse
- 28 Integrative Approaches to Post-acute Withdrawal and Relapse Prevention
- 29 The Future of Addiction and Recovery Healing Arts
- Index
(p. 3) Addiction: Definition, Epidemiology, and Neurobiology
- Chapter:
- (p. 3) Addiction: Definition, Epidemiology, and Neurobiology
- Author(s):
Matthew Torrington
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190275334.003.0001
This chapter discusses the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders and identifies addiction as a disease of reward, motivation, and memory rooted in complex biologic changes. It explains the epidemiology of addiction and identifies the rise and fall of specific drug use and behaviors. It then moves to the neurobiology of addiction, naming the numerous survival systems that are intertwined with addiction’s genetics, early brain development, and learning pathways. Finally, it looks at why some people become addicts, describing it as a pro-inflammatory, bio-psycho-social-environmental-spiritual disease state. Addicted persons often engage in this behavior, no longer to obtain pleasure, but to relieve discomfort created by withdrawal from the drug and the negative life consequences of addiction. The chapter concludes by addressing what needs to be done in both the short- and long-term, noting that applying the disease model to addiction has been the most effective method of saving lives.
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- Contributors
- 1 Addiction: Definition, Epidemiology, and Neurobiology
- 2 Overview of the Addiction Recovery Industry
- 3 Food Addiction
- 4 Integrative Approach to Alcohol Use Disorder
- 5 Integrative Approach to Sedative-Hypnotic Use Disorder
- 6 Integrative Approach to Cannabis-Use Disorder
- 7 Integrative Approach to Stimulant-Use Disorder
- 8 Integrative Approach to Opiates, Opioids, and Opiate Use Disorder
- 9 Integrative Approach to Nicotine Use Disorder
- 10 Integrative Approach to Behavioral Addictions: Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Compulsive Buying Disorder (CBD)
- 11 Hallucinogens: Spiritual and Therapeutic Use, Overuse, and Complications
- 12 Psychiatric Assessment and Co-Occurring Disorders
- 13 Psychosocial Treatment Approaches for Substance Use
- 14 Homeopathic Approach to Addiction
- 15 Ayurvedic Approach to Addiction
- 16 Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and Acupuncture Approach to Addiction
- 17 Nutritional Support and Addiction
- 18 Functional Medicine Approach to Addiction
- 19 Exercise for Addiction and Recovery
- 20 Nutraceutical Treatments for Addiction Recovery
- 21 Interaction of Spirituality and Religion with Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse
- 22 Three Dynamic Healing Modalities for the Treatment of Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders: Aromatherapy, Equine Therapy, and Creative Arts Therapies
- 22.1 Creative Arts Therapies: An Integrative Modality for Addiction and Trauma Treatment
- 22.2 The Role of Aromatherapy in the Treatment of Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders
- 22.3 Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy for Substance Use and Co-Occurring Disorders
- 23 Shamanism: Addiction and Soul Sickness
- 24 Ibogaine: History, Pharmacology, Spirituality, & Clinical Data
- 25 Group Therapy and Support in Addiction Treatment
- 26 Integrative Approaches to Healing
- 27 Integrative Approaches to the Management of Chronic Pain and Substance Abuse
- 28 Integrative Approaches to Post-acute Withdrawal and Relapse Prevention
- 29 The Future of Addiction and Recovery Healing Arts
- Index