TITLE TEDMED – Talk Details – Why do our brains get addicted? DESCRIPTION From the TedMed Talk Site This includes a 16 minute Ted Talk by Dr. Volkow. “Neuroscientist Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the NIH, will apply a lens of addiction to the obesity epidemic. “We already… Read more »
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Psychology Update — This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?
TITLE This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused? DESCRIPTION Addiction continues to be a major problem with little slowdown and is more problematic during the pandemic. Many programs exist for treatment, but relapse is more common than not. A new program applies Psychology of Learning directly to the issue. “The treatment… Read more »
Psychology Update — Recovery from Addiction | Psychology Today
TITLE Recovery from Addiction | Psychology Today DESCRIPTION Addiction is a problem that cuts across all ages, gender, social class in America. This article provides a clear cut understanding of the causes of addiction from a BioPsychoSocial understanding. The article discusses BEHAVIOR CHANGE and the principles involved as applied to addiction and recover. … Read more »
Psychology Update — Social media obsessives and compulsive gamers share addictive traits, experts say
TITLE Social media obsessives and compulsive gamers share addictive traits, experts say DESCRIPTION This is an extremely thorough article with an excerpt from the book “The Age of Addiction: How Bad Habits Became Big Business.” The article begins with a brief historical analysis: “As late as the 1970s, the word seldom referred to anything… Read more »
Psychology Update — Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain
TITLE Heroin Addiction Explained: How Opioids Hijack the Brain A Visual Journey Through Addiction DESCRIPTION This is an excellent and unusual article. It details the process of addiction and includes “patient voices”. There are visuals that will engage the student. Additionally the article briefly discusses the neuroscience of addiction, the life of the addict,… Read more »
Website of the Week — The Withdrawal Project
PSYCHOLOGY WEBSITE OF THE WEEK TITLE The Withdrawal Project URL https://withdrawal.theinnercompass.org DESCRIPTION From the website: “Along with our TWP Connect community-building and networking tool, our website provides information and resources about psychiatric drugs and withdrawal from them, much of which has been gathered from the broad community of ordinary people who… Read more »
Psychology Update — 3 ARTICLES ON THE CURRENT STATE OF ADDICTION TREATMENTS
3 ARTICLES ON THE CURRENT STATE OF ADDICTION TREATMENTS Article #1 Staying Sober After Treatment Ends DESCRIPTION The well written article realistic discusses what happens after hospital rehab and detox for alcohol and drug addiction. The author points out that well over 50% relapse and that only 40% or so of those that stay… Read more »
Psychology Update — Team advances therapy preventing addiction relapse by erasing drug-associated memories
TITLE Team advances therapy preventing addiction relapse by erasing drug-associated memories DESCRIPTION “Scientists have made a discovery that brings them closer to a new therapy based on selectively erasing dangerous and tenacious drug-associated memories.” In this exciting research on animal models of addiction, particularly methamphetamine, scientists were able to target and erase the memories associated… Read more »
Psychology Update — This Scientific Test Will Tell You How Addicted You Are To Your Smartphone
This Scientific Test Will Tell You How Addicted You Are To Your Smartphone DESCRIPTION Do your students have smartphone addiction? NOMOPHOBIA means no mobile phone phobia. “It refers to fear of not being able to use a smartphone … [and] it refers to the fear of not being able to communicate, losing the connectedness that… Read more »
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