Addiction Research Unit

Department of Psychology/University at Buffalo

Drug Addiction
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**Unit 1: Background**
Module	Reading Assignment/Online Materials
Note: Chapter assignments may change during the semester. Check back here for course revisions throughout the term. (Be sure to use the reload/refresh button on your browser each time you view this page.). Click here for the Table of Contents and for the lists of figures and tables which is revised periodically.
Unit 1a: The Problem of Addiction	Chapter 1
Unit 1b: Case Studies
Unit 1c: Concepts & Definitions
Unit 1d: Demographics & Epidemiological Considerations	Chapter 2
Unit 1e: Historical Perspective	Introductory material from Chapters 8 & 9 Before Prohibition: Images from the preprohibition era

**Unit 2: Drug Action & Classification**
Module	Reading Assignment/Online Materials
Unit 2a: Psychopharmacology Review	Chapter 3
Unit 2b: Classification Schemes	Drug Classification and Illicit Drug Index

**Unit 3: Scientific Study of Addiction**
Module	Reading Assignment/Online Materials
Unit 3a: Theories of Addiction	Chapter 4
Unit 3b: Methods of Studying Drug Reinforcement	Chapter 5 Virtual Lab Tours ARU Research Facilities: BSR ARU Research Facilities: CPP/LMA ARU Research Facilities: ICSA/rotation ARU Research Facilities: IVSA
Unit 3c: Addiction as a Motivational Process	Chapter 6
Bozarth (ed., 1987): Methods of Assessing the Reinforcing Properties of Abused Drugs

**Unit 4: Biological Basis of Addiction**
Module	Reading Assignment/Online Materials
Unit 4a: Neurobiology of Brain Reward Systems	Chapter 7 Biological Mechanisms of Addiction Bozarth (1994): Pleasure Systems in the Brain
Unit 4b: Psychomotor Stimulants	Chapter 8 Bozarth & Wise (1985): Toxicity associated with long-term intravenous heroin and cocaine self-administration in the rat Bozarth (1989): New Perspectives on Cocaine Addiction
Unit 4c: Opioids	Chapter 9 Bozarth & Wise (1982): Localization of the Reward-Relevant Opiate Receptors Bozarth & Wise (1984): Anatomically Distinct Opiate Receptor Fields Mediate Reward and Physical Dependence Bozarth & Wise (1986): Involvement of the Ventral Tegmental Dopamine System in Opioid and Psychomotor Stimulant Reward Bozarth (1994): Opiate Reinforcement Processes: Reassembling Multiple Mechanisms
Unit 4d: Other Drugs	Chapter 10
Unit 4e: Factors Modulating Addiction	Chapter 11 Bozarth (2000): Reward Mechanisms in Normal and Pathological Behavior –The Dopamine Link as a Target for Therapeutic Intervention

**Unit 5: Integrative Aspects & Advanced Topics**
Module	Reading Assignment/Online Materials
Unit 5a: A Psychobiological Model of Addiction	Chapter 12
Unit 5b: Addiction to Commonly Used Substances?	Chapter 13 (The DSM-IV & Sasha Addiction)
Unit 5c: Non-Chemical Addictions?	Chapter 14
Unit 5d: Treatment Considerations	Chapters 15 & 16
Unit 5e: Harm-Reduction Strategies	Chapter 17
Unit 5f: The Politics of Addiction	Chapters 18 & 19

**Supplementary Materials**
The Internet An introduction to Internet surfing Psychomotor Stimulants cocaine self-administration Part-1 (PDF, 6 slides/page) Part-2 (PDF, 6 slides/page) Part-3 (PDF, 6 slides/page) Overviews When Rationality Fails –Modern Theories of Addiction Reward Mechanisms in Normal and Pathological Behavior –The Dopamine Link as a Target for Therapeutic Intervention	Education Harm Reduction Treatment
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