1. Chapter 11 Drug Addiction
Clinical Neuroscience by Kelly Lambert and Craig Howard Kinsley
Chapter 11
Drug Addiction

2. Drug Addiction in Context
Prevalence of Addiction
Addiction Across Cultures
Heredity Influences in Addiction
Considering Addiction in the Context of Evolution

3. Tracing the Neurobiological Roots of Addiction
Neural Circuits Involved in Establishing Addiction
Role of the nucleus accumbens
Role of the orbitofrontal cortex

4. Tracing the Neurobiological Roots of Addiction (cont.)
Neurochemistry of Addiction
Dopamine: Primary fuel of addiction
Potential role of acetylcholine

5. Tracing the Neurobiological Roots of Addiction (cont.)
Craving Response
Craving as a conditioned response
Neural components of the craving response

6. Stress and Addiction

7. Therapy for Drug Addiction
Initial Step: Detoxification
Maintaining Abstinence
Vaccination: Therapeutic Shot in the Dark?
Behavioral Therapies for Addiction
Ethical Questions About New Addiction Therapies

8. Summary