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Understanding Addiction by Himika Rathi is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses a neurobiological model of addiction, highlighting the interplay between reward and antireward systems in the brain. It explains how addiction leads to a cycle of decreased reward function and increased antireward activity, resulting in compulsive drug use and a chronic allostatic state. The article emphasizes the importance of understanding these mechanisms to address vulnerability to addiction and related psychopathologies.
- Author
- Himika Rathi
- Language
- EN