Drug memories and relapse: A light at the end of the tunnel?

From All About Addiction:
About a year ago, while sitting in a lecture on learning and memory, the idea that certain drugs can affect the emotional responses to memory long after the memory itself has been formed came up. As someone interested in addiction research, the implication for treatment immediately came up in my head:
Could we [...]

Addiction Genetics – The new treatment paradigm.

Genetics are making their way into every facet of research nowadays, and addiction treatment is no slouch in that area.
If you haven’t heard of pharmacogenomics yet, you are sure to soon. The idea that medications affect individuals differently based on their unique genetic makeup has picked up a lot of steam in the last few [...]

Schoolchildren, self-regulation, and addiction

It’s no secret that diagnoses like ADD and ADHD have been seen with much greater frequency in the last decade or so. Slight variations on the same theme, both of these disorders have to do with a person’s (usually a child) inability to appropriately control their impulses and behave appropriately.
The debate about the sources of [...]