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Theories of Drug Addiction
What is drug addiction?
Motivational Toxicity
Dynamic Feature of Motivational Hierarchy
Motivational Toxicity Producing Perceived Loss
of Self Control
Continuum of Drug Use
Quantification of Addiction
Quantifiable Measures
Evolution of Theories of Drug Addiction
Classification of Scientific Theories of Addiction
Neuroadaptive Theories of Drug Addiction
Affective Tone During Cocaine Addiction Cycle
Potential Reinforcement Processes During Chronic
Drug Administration
The Biological Basis of Addiction
Summary of Psychomotor Stimulant Reinforcement
Mechanisms
Summary of Opiate Reinforcement Mechanisms
Progressive Focusing of Motivational Energy
During Addiction Cycle
Drug Addiction as a Derived Process
Predisposing Factors in Drug Addiction
Revised Role of the Mesolimbic Dopamine System
in Drug Addiction
Addiction to Commonly Used Substances?
Overlapping Distributions of Substance Use
Motivation
Overlapping Distributions of Substance Use
Motivation
Overlapping Distributions of Substance Use
Motivation
Effect of Losing Lower 60% of Nicotine Distribution
Apparent Convergence of Substance Use Motivations
Apparent Convergence of Substance Use Motivations
Exacerbated by Sample Bias
Addictive vs. Nonaddictive Substance Use
A Psychobiological Model of Drug Addiction
Selected References
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