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Addiction Medicine
Data from Stanford University, Center for Health Care Evaluation advance knowledge in addiction medicine
April 6th, 2008
Research findings, 'Behavioral reactivity and addiction: the adaptation of behavioral response to reward opportunities,' are discussed in a new report. "Persons recovering from addiction must refrain from drug use even when the opportunity to use exists. Understanding how behavioral response to drug reward opportunities is modified is key to treating addiction," scientists in the United States report. "Most effective behavioral therapies encourage patients to increase reinforcement opportunities by engaging unidentified sources of nondrug reward. The authors integrate transdisciplinary research on the brain and behavioral effects of increasing reward availability to...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2008-04-06)
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