Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction
- 1st Edition - January 16, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: Ahmed Moustafa
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 9 7 9 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 9 8 0 - 3
Drug addictions are often difficult to treat. The most successful treatments begin with studying why individuals become addicted to drugs and how to change their thinking and be… Read more
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Drug addictions are often difficult to treat. The most successful treatments begin with studying why individuals become addicted to drugs and how to change their thinking and behaviour. Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction focuses on the theories that cause drug addiction, including avoidance behavior, self-medication, reward sensitization, behavioral inhibition and impulsivity. Dr. Moustafa takes this book one step further by reviewing the psychological and neural causes of relapse including the role of stress, anxiety and depression. By examining both the causes of drug addiction and relapse, this book will help clinicians create individualized treatment options for patients suffering from drug addiction.
- Identifies key factors contributing to addiction, including stress, anxiety and depression
- Reviews inhibition and impulsivity in drug use
- Assesses the cognitive underpinnings of behavioral choices in addiction
- Discusses the argument of self-medication vs. reward sensitization
- Examines the psychological causes of why patients relapse
Researchers and clinicians in psychiatry and psychology treating patients with addiction disorder
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 16, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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Ahmed Moustafa
Dr. Ahmed Moustafa is the Head of School of Psychology and Professor of Psychology and Computational Modeling at Bond University, Australia. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science at Cairo University, Egypt, and his PhD in Cognitive Science at the University of Lafayette, USA. Dr. Moustafa specializes in computational and neuropsychological studies of addiction, schizophrenia, Parkinson’s disease, PTSD, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Discover Psychology (Springer) and has edited ten books, including Elsevier’s Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction; The Psychology and Neuroscience of Impulsivity; Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Schizophrenia; Mental Health Effects of COVID-19; Alzheimer’s Disease; Cybersecurity and Cognitive Science; Big Data in Psychiatry and Neurology; The Nature of Depression; and Social Cognition in Psychosis.
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School of Psychology, Bond University, Robina, Queensland, AustraliaRead Cognitive, Clinical, and Neural Aspects of Drug Addiction on ScienceDirect