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FROM ADDICTION TO ABSTINENCE: MAXIMIZING THE CHANCES OF SUCCESS
Author(s) -
Stimmel Barry
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
family court review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1744-1617
pISSN - 1531-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2009.01253.x
Subject(s) - abstinence , mood , addiction , craving , psychology , drug , dependency (uml) , psychiatry , affect (linguistics) , mood disorders , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , anxiety , systems engineering , communication , engineering
While advances in neuroscience have clearly delineated the areas of the brain that are affected by mood‐altering drugs, the success rate of treatment for people dependent upon or addicted to these drugs remains essentially unchanged over the last several decades. This is due in large part to paying inadequate attention to the craving that occurs after discontinuing a mood‐altering drug that produces physical dependency. This article will review the changes that occur when one becomes physically dependent on a mood‐altering drug and the process to follow in order to maximize the chances of success in maintaining abstinence when drug use has been discontinued.