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    Paper cutout in the shape of a human head with blue puzzle pieces falling into it on a yellow background illustrating a change of mind
    Addiction Treatment Mental Health

    How to Change Your Mind

    In his book, A New Approach to Addiction and Choice, Dr. Reinout Wiers examines ways to repair cognitive systems damaged by addiction.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    The start of a horse race illustrating the race for an addiction treatment that works
    Addiction Treatment

    Assessing the Standard Treatments for Addiction: Medication, Therapy, Substitution, and Brain Stimulation

    We follow along with psychiatrist Dr. Reinout W. Wiers as he summarizes the standard treatments for addiction in his book, A New Approach to Addiction and Choice.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    Illustration of a person's head rendered as an interlocking puzzle with four pieces illustrating the puzzling nature of addiction.
    Addiction Science

    Models of Addiction: Chronic Brain Disease, Biased Choice, and the Contextual Model

    The New York Times takes a long look at the chronic brain disease model of addiction and some alternatives.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    man in a suit holding a briefcase deciding which way to go, left or right, illustrating decision making
    Addiction Science Displacement

    Will You or Won’t You: The Biased Choice Model of Addiction

    The biased choice model of addiction argues that addiction is not a chronic brain disease and can be beaten with cognitive behavioral therapy.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    Computer-generated graphic of a human brain in the cubist style illustrating the many facets of the brain involved in addiction.
    Addiction Treatment Mental Health

    Is Addiction Really a Chronic Brain Disease?

    Dr. Reinout W. Wiers summarizes the arguments in favor of classifying addiction as a chronic brain disease.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe
    Electrodes administer transcranial direct current stimulation while sensors record oxygen levels in a test subject's brain as he performs a multitasking cognitive test in the Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation lab at the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, July 19, 2016.
    Addiction Treatment Displacement Opioid Addiction

    Taking a Look at Tech Startups in Addiction Recovery

    A look at several tech startups in addiction recovery featured in the respected engineering journal, IEEE Spectrum.

    Posted on Steve O'Keefe