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    Addiction: Self Regulation Gone Wrong
    Drug Abuse: Hedonic Homeostatic Dysregulation George F. Koob, * Michel Le Moal Understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of addiction requires an integration of basic neuroscience with social…
    Posted on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 03:00
     

    Self Medication Hypothesis, ADHD & Cocaine
    There is a difference between pre-existing (possibly predisposing) personality disorders and coexistent disorders, or those which may result out of the addiction itself. Meyer (1986) proposed five p…
    Posted on Wed, 04/26/2006 - 03:00
     

    Self Medication Hypothesis, ADHD & Cocaine
    A Literature Review       By Daniela Plume B.A Introduction Historically, drug and alcohol dependencies have been attributed to sin, disease, maladaptive, self destr…
    Posted on Wed, 04/26/2006 - 03:00
     

    MITOSIS: A Study of the Self-Medication Hypothesis
    Cedric E. Ginestet, B.Sc., Centre for Duncanian Studies, Thames Valley University MITOSIS stands for Multinational Information Taxometric Overview of Students' Intake of Substances. This is a uniq…
    Posted on Tue, 11/29/2005 - 03:00
     

    The Self-medication Hypothesis of David Duncan
    Dr. Duncan developed the self-medication hypothesis while he was with the Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences. Duncan based his hypothesis on extensive clinical experience with addicts and o…
    Posted on Tue, 11/29/2005 - 03:00
     

    Lifetime Prevalence of "Amotivational Syndrome"
    Psychology of Addictive Behaviors 1987, Vol. 1, No. 2, 114-119 ISSN 0893-164X, Society of Psychologists in Addictive BehaviorsDavid F. Duncan Department of Health Education Southern Illinois Univers…
    Posted on Tue, 11/29/2005 - 03:00
     

    The Self-Medication Hypothesis
    While a great deal of current thought about drug addiction is dominated by the concept of "the hijacked brain" altered by its exposure to drugs, such theories have little to offer to the clinician. …
    Posted on Mon, 11/28/2005 - 03:00
     

    Treating Addiction as a Human Process
    Edward J. Khantzian, M.D., Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, MA and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School 2000 AAAP ANNUAL MEETING KEYNOTE ADDRESS To order a copy of Dr. Khantzian…
    Posted on Wed, 11/23/2005 - 03:00
     

    Responsibilities of the Recreational Drug User
    Duncan, D. F., and Gold, R. S. Chapter 18: Responsibilities of the Recreational Drug User. in the book Drugs and the Whole Person. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1982.Every individual has needs, a…
    Posted on Tue, 01/18/2005 - 03:00
     

 

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