Description
This book includes a collection of reviews spanning the complete range of disciplines involved in the study of addiction, from genomics to humanities. The book presents new advances in areas of research including knowledged gained from the mapping of the human genome, the improved understanding of brain pathways and functions that are stimulated by addictive drugs, experimental and clinical psychology approaches to addiction and treatment, as well as both ethical considerations and social policy. The book also includes chapters on the history of addictive substances and some personal narratives of addiction. 1. Drug Futures. 2. Foresight. 3. Neuroscience and Drugs of Addiction. 4. Genomics. 5. Experimental Psychology and Research into Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs. 6. Pharmacology and Treatments. 7. Psychological Treatments of Substance Misuse and Dependence. 8. Cognition Enhancers. 9. Neuroimaging. 10. Drug Testing. 11. Social Policy and Psychoactive Substances. 12. Sociology and Substance Abuse. 13. Economics of Addiction and Drugs. 14. Problem Gambling and Other Behavioural Addictions. 15. Ethical Aspects of Developments in Neuroscience and Drug Addiction. 16. History and the Future of Pscychoactive Substances. 17. Life Histories and Narratives of Addiction. 18. Perspective of the Pharmaceutical Industry. 19. Scenarios – Foresight Brain Science, Addiction and Drugs Project.
