Addiction neurobiology: ethical and social implications

A. CARTER ; CAPPS B. ; W. HALL, Éditeur scientifique | 2009
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This report reviews developments in the neuroscience of addiction, explores how they might affect the way we view and treat drug problems, and considers the issues that they raise for drug policy in Europe. In language that is easily accessible,[...]

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Changing the language of addiction [Viewpoint]

M. P. BOTTICELLI, Auteur ; H. K. KOH, Auteur ; K. E. CALVER, Auteur du commentaire ; R. SAITZ ; C. MOSER ; A. I. BARNETT ; W. HALL ; A. CARTER, Auteur du commentaire | 2016
Dans Journal of the American Medical Association (Vol.316, n°13, October 4, 2016) Article : Périodique

This Viewpoint describes efforts to revise language and policies in ways that frame addiction as a treatable chronic brain disorder rather than as a moral failing of people who use addictive substances. Words matter. In the scientific arena, [...]

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Forecasting life expectancy, years of life lost, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 250 causes of death: reference and alternative scenarios for 2016-40 for 195 countries and territories

K. J. FOREMAN ; N. MARQUEZ ; A. DOLGERT ; K. FUKUTAKI ; N. FULLMAN ; M. MCGAUGHEY ; M. A. PLETCHER ; A. E. SMITH ; K. TANG ; C. W. YUAN ; J. C. BROWN ; J. FRIEDMAN ; J. HE ; K. R. HEUTON ; M. HOLMBERG ; D. J. PATEL ; P. REIDY ; A. CARTER ; K. CERCY ; A. CHAPIN ; D. DOUWES-SCHULTZ ; T. FRANK ; F. GOETTSCH ; P. Y. LIU ; V. NANDAKUMAR ; M. B. REITSMA ; V. REUTER ; N. SADAT ; R. J. D. SORENSEN ; V. SRINIVASAN ; R. L. UPDIKE ; H. YORK ; A. D. LOPEZ ; R. LOZANO ; S. S. LIM ; A. H. MOKDAD ; S. E. VOLLSET ; C. J. L. MURRAY | 2018
Dans Lancet (The) (Vol.392, n°10159, November 10, 2018) Article : Périodique

Background: Understanding potential trajectories in health and drivers of health is crucial to guiding long-term investments and policy implementation. Past work on forecasting has provided an incomplete landscape of future health scenarios, hig[...]

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Medicalisation, smoking and e-cigarettes: evidence and implications

K. MORPHETT ; A. CARTER ; W. HALL ; C. GARTNER | 2017
Dans Tobacco Control (Vol.26, e2, December 2017) Article : Périodique

There is debate in the tobacco control literature about the value of a medical model in reducing smoking-related harm. The variety of medical treatments for smoking cessation has increased, health professionals are encouraged to use them to assi[...]

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Public attitudes in Australia towards the claim that addiction is a (brain) disease

C. MEURK ; B. PARTRIDGE ; A. CARTER ; W. HALL ; K. MORPHETT ; J. LUCKE | 2014
Dans Drug and Alcohol Review (Vol.33, n°3, May 2014) Article : Périodique

Introduction and Aims: We investigated the Australian public's understandings of addiction to alcohol and heroin and the factors predicting support for the idea that these types of addiction are ‘diseases’ and specifically 'brain diseases'. De[...]

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Realising the technological promise of smartphones in addiction research and treatment: An ethical review

H. CAPON ; W. HALL ; C. FRY ; A. CARTER | 2016
Dans International Journal of Drug Policy (Vol.36, October 2016) Article : Périodique

Background: Smartphone technologies and mHealth applications (or apps) promise unprecedented scope for data collection, treatment intervention, and relapse prevention when used in the field of substance abuse and addiction. This potential also r[...]

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What are the public policy implications of a neurobiological view of addiction? [Editorial]

C. E. GARTNER ; A. CARTER ; B. PARTRIDGE | 2012
Dans Addiction (Vol.107, n°7, July 2012) Article : Périodique

This editorial discusses the limitations of equating addiction with neurobiological processes and the potential benefits and risks of this approach for public health policy.

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