6th International Conference on Addiction Therapy

  Primary prevention is assisting those who are at risk of developing addictive habits. Secondary prevention involves detecting potentially dangerous substance use before overt indications or problems appear. The purpose of the focus prevention is to stop disease or harm from happening in the first place. This is accomplished through avoiding disease or injury-causing dangers, altering unhealthy or risky behaviours that can lead to illness or injury, and developing sensitivity to disease or injury if exposure occurs. Even though primary prevention strategies have been effective for the treatment of chronic physical diseases, they have been less effective in the treatment of SUD due to misunderstandings about disease, a shortage of behavioural health professionals, and a population-based focus on specific substances. It is necessary to establish a developmental approach to the detection and primary prevention of SUD that does not just rely on behavioural health specialists. The go...

Stress may be handled if it is recognised early and dealt with properly. Stress might even encourage a person to make necessary changes in order to improve his or her life. People, on the other hand, frequently disregard indicators of stress, exacerbating symptoms and prolonging the situation. Chronic stress is unpleasant and may be crippling.  Stress  is a well-known risk factor in the development of addiction as well as the likelihood of relapse. Specific stressors and individual-level variables that are predictive of drug use and abuse have been identified in a series of population-based and epidemiological studies. Stress exposure improves drug self-administration and reinstates drug seeking in drug-experienced animals. Stress has long been recognized to make people more susceptible to  addiction . The knowledge of the underlying processes underpinning this connection has improved dramatically over the last decade. Some evidence of molecular and cellular alterations...

  There is no single cause for addiction, and anybody may acquire an addiction to anything. Environmental and genetic variables, on the other hand, are two major reasons that might render someone prone to addiction. A home environment where  trauma , abuse, or addictive behaviours occur; a living environment where drugs, alcohol, or other addictions are easily accessible and occurring; friends, family members, or other peer influences of individuals who are addicted or regularly engage in problematic behaviours; social acceptance of problematic behaviours; or a culture that generally accepts addiction are all examples of environmental variables. A family history of mental illness or addiction is one of the genetic factors. Aside from  genetic  and environmental risk factors, there are a number of other elements that might increase one's chances of developing an addiction. Individuals with underlying mental health concerns like anxiety or depression are more li...

  Some individuals cut because they are desperate to get rid of negative emotions. People who cut may not be aware of other options for coping with emotional anguish or strain. Some individuals cut to show fury, despair, rejection, desperation, desire, or emptiness. It's complicated to understand why people deliberately slash themselves. Cutting is a coping mechanism used by some people to deal with the discomfort of strong emotions, high strain, or distressing interpersonal issues. They may be struggling with sentiments that are too painful to endure or events that they assume were permanent. There are alternative methods to deal with the problems, even major issues and excruciating emotional agony. Major life difficulties or overpowering emotions may necessitate the assistance of a mental health professional. Talking things over with parents, other adults, or colleagues can help put things in perspective in other difficult circumstances or intense emotions. Daily exercise can ...

Chemo brain is a terminology used by cancer survivors to explain issues with thinking and memory that can occur during and after treating cancer. Chemo brain is also known as chemo fog, cognitive impairment caused by cancer, or cognitive dysfunction. Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment, also referred as chemo brain, refers to concerns including forgetfulness, mental fogginess, and decision-making problems that can arise during and after cancer treatment. Exercising and using a graphic organizer are two main things you can do to improve yourself. Chemo brain is a term that describes problems with attention, memory, and thinking that occur as a result of cancer therapy. Chemo fog, chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment, and cancer treatment-related cognitive impairment are some of the other names for this disease. Cognitive impairment (difficulty thinking clearly) is sometimes misunderstood as a consequence of chemotherapy. However, it can occur prior to, during, or followin...

  Psychology has played a prominent part in both addiction research and treatment. It is an essential element of the interdisciplinary approach required by the 'biopsychosocial' conception. Cognitive theory-based, psychodynamic , and transtheoretical methods are the three primary categories of applied psychology in the field of addictions. This contribution contains brief summaries of the most common models. The Dynamic Model of Relapse from the learning theory field and the PRIME theory of motivation from the transtheoretical area are two important recent breakthroughs in addiction psychology. Both of these developments are deviations from conventional models' linear two-dimensional perspective in favour of multidimensional non-linear models that use theories like chaos theory and catastrophe theory in the modelling process. These techniques are similar to those used to describe and anticipate complicated phenomena like weather patterns in terms of explanations and pred...

      When a person develops an addiction, the brain desires the substance's reward. This is due to the brain's rating system being easily distracted. As a result, many users continue to consume the chemical, which can result in a variety of euphoric experiences and strange behaviour tendencies. Addictions primarily affected by changes in the brain's mesolimbic dopamine system, commonly known as the reward circuit, which originates above the brain stem in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). Dopamine neurons have cell bodies in the VTA and axons that reach to the nucleus accumbens. Though addiction can reveal itself in a variety of ways, including hormonal changes and behaviours, neuroimaging and scanning can also reveal symptoms of addiction in the brain. Researchers investigating at how addiction influences the brain have discovered distinct markers of addiction in the chemistry and structure of the brain. When the impulse using a substance hijacks area of the brain ...