Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour

Drug addiction is a chronic neurobiological disease produced by repeated exposure to an addictive drug and characterized by loss of control over drug use. Complex neuroadaptations do not come about simply because of continued drug use, but as a result of complex interactions between drugs themselves...

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description Drug addiction is a chronic neurobiological disease produced by repeated exposure to an addictive drug and characterized by loss of control over drug use. Complex neuroadaptations do not come about simply because of continued drug use, but as a result of complex interactions between drugs themselves and the circumstances in which they are taken. Thus, in vulnerable individuals, interaction between the drugs themselves and genetic, environmental, psychosocial, behavioral, etc., produces long-lived adaptations in the brain which explain the enduring effects of addiction. Non-substance or behavioral addiction (e. g. pathological gambling, food addiction, smartphone addiction) has been shown to have similarities to drug addiction. In this sense, the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual has classified some of these disorders as impulse control disorders, a separate category from substance use disorders. Written by expert authors in the field, the purpose of this book is to offer a multidisciplinary view of addictive behaviour, including substance and behavioral addiction, to better understand the biological and psychological underpinnings of these disorders.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1714332026-02-12T10:26:33Z Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour Almela, Pilar Martínez-Laorden, Elena Psychology / Clinical Psychology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKM Clinical psychology Drug addiction is a chronic neurobiological disease produced by repeated exposure to an addictive drug and characterized by loss of control over drug use. Complex neuroadaptations do not come about simply because of continued drug use, but as a result of complex interactions between drugs themselves and the circumstances in which they are taken. Thus, in vulnerable individuals, interaction between the drugs themselves and genetic, environmental, psychosocial, behavioral, etc., produces long-lived adaptations in the brain which explain the enduring effects of addiction. Non-substance or behavioral addiction (e. g. pathological gambling, food addiction, smartphone addiction) has been shown to have similarities to drug addiction. In this sense, the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual has classified some of these disorders as impulse control disorders, a separate category from substance use disorders. Written by expert authors in the field, the purpose of this book is to offer a multidisciplinary view of addictive behaviour, including substance and behavioral addiction, to better understand the biological and psychological underpinnings of these disorders. 2026-02-12T10:26:27Z 2026-02-12T10:26:27Z 2025 book 9780850145083 9780850145076 9780850145090 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/171433 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books/13520 https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/13520/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.114474 10.5772/intechopen.114474 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9780850145083 9780850145076 9780850145090 IntechOpen 170 open access
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Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour
title Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour
title_full Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour
title_fullStr Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour
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title_short Multidisciplinary Approach for Better Understanding of Addictive Behaviour
title_sort multidisciplinary approach for better understanding of addictive behaviour
topic Psychology / Clinical Psychology
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKM Clinical psychology
topic_facet Psychology / Clinical Psychology
thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MK Medical specialties, branches of medicine::MKM Clinical psychology
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