Drug addiction

Joseph Westermeyer; Gihyun Yoon

doi:10.1007/978-1-4939-2528-5_15

Drug addiction

Joseph Westermeyer, Gihyun Yoon

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Drug addiction, a chronic relapsing disorder, causes an enormous burden to patients, families, and societies. This chapter summarizes current concepts of drug addiction, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, pathology, clinical course, laboratory findings, assessment, and treatment on drug addiction. Pathologic consequences from drugs of abuse (e.g., opioids, sedatives, amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis, tobacco, phencyclidine, hallucinogens) are explained as well. The understanding of drug addiction has improved by recent progress in genetics, neuroscience, pharmacology, and psychiatry. It is now possible to treat drug addiction more effectively using advanced psychological and pharmacological interventions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Medical Basis of Psychiatry
Subtitle of host publication	Fourth Edition
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	271-291
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9781493925285
ISBN (Print)	9781493925278
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2528-5_15
State	Published - Jan 1 2016

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Keywords

Addiction
Behaviors
Course
Drugs of abuse
Treatment

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