Justin R. Yates

Determinants of Addiction (eBook, ePUB)

Neurobiological, Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sociocultural Factors

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Why can two people use a drug and one person becomes addicted while the other does not? Determinants of Addiction: Neurobiological, Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sociocultural Factors unravels the complexities underlying addiction to understand how individual factors at the genetic, cellular, anatomical, cognitive-behavioral, and sociocultural level can influence susceptibility to substance use disorders. The first section reviews the neurobiological determinants of addiction and examines how drugs hijack the reward pathway and alter numerous neurotransmitter systems such as dopamine. The second section covers the behavioral-cognitive determinants of addiction such a conditioning, memory processes, and decision-making. The final section examines individual differences in addiction vulnerability, with a focus on personality factors, sociocultural factors, sex/gender, and stress. The book references commonly used drugs such as nicotine, ethanol (alcohol), opioids, and cocaine.

• Explores differentiating factors that influence why people develop a substance use disorder
• Introduces the cellular and anatomical pathways of addiction
• Identifies genes implicated in substance use disorders
• Reviews role of conditioning in the development of substance use disorders
• Includes personality, sex/gender and sociocultural factors in addiction
• Discusses the influence of peers and stress on addiction process

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
• Seitenzahl: 598
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780323913256
• Artikelnr.: 66802742

Autorenporträt

Dr. Yates received his PhD in Experimental Psychology from the University of Kentucky in 2014. He is currently a Professor in Psychological Science at Northern Kentucky University. His research interests include elucidating the neurobehavioral mechanisms underlying drug addiction and studying the neural mechanisms of impulsive and risky decision-making. Dr. Yates' research has been recognized at a national level, as he has received the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 25 B.F. Skinner Foundation New Researcher Award, the APA Division 28 Young Psychopharmacologist Award (both in 2018), and the APA Division 6 Early Career Award (2021). He has also received awards from Northern Kentucky University, including the 2019 Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award and the 2020 Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award.

Inhaltsangabe

I: Prologue 1. Introduction to addiction: Substance use disorders
II: Neurobiological mechanisms of addiction 2. Pharmacological actions of
commonly used drugs 3. Neuroanatomical and neurochemical substrates of
addiction 4. Molecular and cellular mechanisms of addiction
III: Behavioral and cognitive mechanisms of addiction 5. Learning
mechanisms of addiction: operant conditioning 6. Learning mechanisms of
addiction: Pavlovian conditioning 7. Attentional and memory processes
underlying addiction 8. Maladaptive decision making and addiction
IV: Individual and sociocultural factors linked to addiction 9. Individual
differences in addiction: focus on personality traits 10. Social and
sociocultural factors associated with addiction 11. Stress and addiction
12. Gender and sex differences in addiction
V: Epilogue 13. Beyond substance use disorders:Behavioral addictions