Understanding Addiction as Self Medication: Finding Hope Behind the Pain
Type
Book
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ISBN 13
9780742561373
Category
Substance Abuse
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
192
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Description
Authors Edward J. Khantzian, M.D. and Mark J. Albanese, M.D. understand drug addiction as an attempt by users to self-regulate their emotions and relieve their psychological pain using drugs. The authors see addiction as a disorder linked to psychiatric disorder and trauma. They cover the history of this Self-Medication Hypothesis (SMH) and describe why people with different psychological disorders might be drawn to different drugs. Additional topics include the complex emotions and reasoning that perpetuate addiction, the SMH’s application to nicotine and marijuana dependence as well as to addictive behaviors such as gambling and sex, the neurobiology of addiction and the SMH, and how the SMH can guide treatment and recovery.
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