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Chapter – 8: Addiction and Health

Chapter – 2: Understanding of Addiction

Chapter – 10: Treatment and Recovery

Chapter – 9: Covid19 and Addiction

Chapter – 1: Addiction - An Overview

Chapter – 11: Best Treatment Programs

Chapter – 6: Stages of Addiction

Chapter – 4: Chemical Addiction

Chapter – 7: Drugs, Brains, and Behavior: The Science of Addiction

Chapter – 5: Behavioral Addiction

Chapter – 3: Theories of Addiction

Components of addiction

Types of addiction

4c’s of addiction

Signs of addiction

What are the characteristics of addiction?

How common is addiction?

What is addiction?

Exposure Theory: Biological Models

Exposure Theory: Conditioning Models

Genetic Theory

Adaptation Theory

Heroin

Prescription drugs

Alcohol

Cocaine

Food Addiction

Sex Addiction

Social Media Addiction

Gambling Addiction

Experimentation

Regular Usage

Initiation

Risky Usage

What happens to your brain if you keep taking drugs?

What other brain changes occur with drug abuse?

Why are drugs more addictive than natural rewards?

How does stimulation of the brain’s pleasure circuit teach us to keep taking drugs?

How do drugs work in the brain to produce pleasure?

How can addiction harm other people?

What are some effects of specific abused substances?

Does drug abuse cause mental disorders, or vice versa?

What are the medical consequences of drug addiction?

Dependance

Addiction

Crisis and Treatment

The Hidden Impact on Mental Health

Collision of the COVID-19 and Addiction Epidemics

Does relapse to abuse mean treatment has failed?

How can medications help treat addiction?

Can addiction be cured?

Twelve-step facilitation (TSF)

Family Therapy (especially for youth)

Motivational Enhancement Therapy

Contingency Management

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Alcohol

Marijuana

Nicotine

Prescription Medications