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Toward a Universal Treatment for Addiction

Combining two recent resources, we attempt to sketch a universal treatment for behavioral disorders and substance use disorders.

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.

Avatar-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders

Dr. Carolyn Easton at the University of Rochester is part of a team exploring the use of digital technologies in the treatment of substance use disorders.

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.

The Effectiveness of Treatments for Smartphone Addiction

From dumbphones to comprehensive psychotherapy, we look at a range of interventions and treatments for smartphone addiction.

Could DOI be the Magic Bullet? Part 3

It seems strange that DOI and/or similar and perhaps even more effective psychedelics are not already the leading anti-addiction treatments.