Dependențe de substanțe și comportamentale.
135 de articoleA smartphone-based treatment program using contingency management (digital rewards) has received NIDA funding to help pregnant individuals quit smoking. This behavioral intervention approach is grounded in established addiction treatment research and addresses a critical public health need during pregnancy.
Gaming disorder, recognized by WHO and APA as a behavioral addiction, affects individuals who experience significant daily functioning impairment from excessive gaming. While moderate gaming offers benefits like stress relief and cognitive improvement, addiction is linked to psychological disorders requiring long-term treatment including cognitive behavioral therapy, making prevention efforts at government, developer, and household levels essential.
This review examines the growing problem of excessive screen use and behavioral addiction, noting increased prevalence since the COVID-19 pandemic and difficulty for individuals to disengage from social media and gaming. Evidence-based treatment employs a biopsychosocial approach including therapy, medication, mindfulness, and support groups, with future research needed to strengthen diagnostic criteria and treatment outcomes.
Social media platforms employ design features intentionally engineered to create compulsive use patterns and behavioral addiction. The article explores potential modifications to these platforms that could reduce addictive mechanisms while maintaining functionality.
Cocaine addiction involves lasting biological changes rather than willpower failure, with repeated use rewiring communication between the brain's reward system and hippocampus. The protein DeltaFosB accumulates with drug use and acts as a genetic switch, altering neuronal function and strengthening the drive to seek cocaine.
The article challenges the stereotype of alcoholism as solitary drinking, highlighting how social drinking contexts can contribute to the development of alcohol use disorder. It emphasizes the underappreciated social origins of serious alcohol problems.
Stanford Medicine specialists document increased risks of cannabis use in adults over 65, including cardiovascular problems, falls, memory impairment, drug interactions, and addiction potential. The article notes that modern cannabis potency is often underestimated by older users who may be unfamiliar with current products.
Research demonstrates that exposure to childhood trauma substantially elevates risk for problematic alcohol use, smoking, and illicit drug consumption by age 18. The study also identifies associated cardiovascular effects including changes in heart rate and blood pressure in affected adolescents.
Research demonstrates that fluctuating levels of the brain protein KCC2 influences how environmental cues become associated with rewards, affecting the speed and strength of habit development. This mechanism involving dopamine neuron firing provides insight into both normal habit formation and addictive behavior pathways, with implications for understanding cravings triggered by everyday stimuli.
