Directory of Addiction Resources

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This category is for sites on the scientific aspects of addiction, an excessive physical or psychological dependence on something which includes drug addiction, alcoholism, compulsive overeating, problem gambling and computer addiction.
This category is NOT for sites about substance abuse or treatments for addiction.

Subcategories

• Treatment

Resources in This Category

• "Drugs, Brain & Behavior" online textbook.

  http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~lwh/drugs/
  This is the entire content (text and figures) of a textbook that was entitled 'Principles of Behavioral Pharmacology'. The authors are professors at Rutgers and Drew Universities in New Jersey.

• Addiction

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction
  Information from Wikipedia on this condition which involves the excessive physical or psychological dependence on something.

• Addiction Inbox

  http://addiction-dirkh.blogspot.com/
  Articles and health studies about addiction and alcoholism, including the most recent scientific and medical findings.

• Alcohol and Adolescent Brain Development

  http://www.addictioninfo.org/articles/2563/1/Alcohol-and-Adolescent-Brain-Development/Page1.html
  Article exploring recent scientific evidence that alcohol affects adolescents and adults differently, and discussing findings regarding adolescent brain development.

• Journal of Psychopharmacology

  http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdManSub.nav?prodId=Journal200774
  Peer-reviewed, international journal that publishes original research and review articles on preclinical and clinical aspects of psychopharmacology, the study of the effects of substances on the brain.

• mSka Neuroscience

  http://www.vipbg.vcu.edu/%7Emsbowers/
  Undertakes research into the molecular basis of addiction and schizophrenia to create new clinically relevant diagnostic tools and treatments.

• National Institute on Drug Abuse

  http://www.drugabuse.gov/
  Comprehensive web-site with research and treatment reports and news. Includes a site for teachers and students with educational materials. Fact sheets on drug abuse, including the most recent economic costs report.

• Society for Neuroscience Brain Briefings

  http://www.sfn.org/briefings/
  For the layperson interested in the science behind addiction: and in the brain in general. Current topics include: Nicotine and the brain, Addictions path, the brains stash, and the opiate receptor.

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