Substance Use and Addiction

Models of Addiction and the Brain

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Drugs can alter important brain areas that are necessary for life-sustaining functions and can drive the compulsive drug use that marks addiction. Brain areas affected by drug use are multiple and complex. Research shows that drugs affect the brain and its functioning in different ways in stages of
 It is frequently said that addiction occurs when drugs “hijack” the brain. It’s hard to nail down what that means, but it does rightly suggest that there is an involuntary takeover of the brain that compromises decision-making and diminishes freedom of choice, making quitting difficult .BPS model of addiction is Medical Model. There are multiple theories about how addiction works and affects the brain. Read information links and articles and then find OTHER models of addiction/substance abuse and the brain to present. You may present links with comments on content and relate to teaching/education methods/processes.

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https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/drug-misuse-addiction

https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugs-brains-behavior-science-addiction/drugs-brain

https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/addiction-science/investigating-substance-abuse

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-addiction/202107/what-exactly-is-the-biopsychosocial-model-addictionhttps://moodle8.camhx.ca/moodle/mod/book/view.php?id=113&;-----

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-addiction/202107/what-exactly-is-the-biopsychosocial-model-addiction

https://moodle8.camhx.ca/moodle/mod/book/view.php?id=113&chapterid=218

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=your+brain+on+drugs&qpvt=your+brain+on+drugs&FORM=VDRE


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