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sexual addiction,
130

sexual behavior, dopamine and,
77-79

SFP (Strengthening Families Program),
183

side effects.
See
harmful effects of drugs

signal transduction,
66

Silverman, Sue Williams,
130

single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs),
104

smoking cigarettes, harmful effects of,
141-143
.
See also
nicotine; tobacco, harmful effects of

smoking of drugs,
53

snorting of drugs,
53

SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms),
104

social defeat, drug use and,
124

social rank, drug use and,
121-123

society, methamphetamine’s effect on,
59

speed of entry of drugs into brain,
52-54

statistics

cost of drug abuse,
8-9

legal versus illegal drug use,
6

Stein, Larry,
56
,
155

steroids,
4

stigma of drug addiction,
173-174
,
196-197

stimulants, caffeine,
152-153

stimulation of brain.
See
electrical stimulation reinforcement

storage vesicles.
See
vesicles

Strengthening Families Program (SFP),
183

stress

alleviating,
117

body’s response to,
115-117

defined,
115

drug use and,
118-119

early life stress,
119-121

social defeat,
124

social rank,
121-123

stressors

defined,
115

examples of,
116

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA),
184

substitute medications

list of,
180

purpose of,
180-183

RTI-336,
195-196

successful substitutes,
202

successful treatment, defining,
172-173

survival functions, dopamine and,
79-80

symptoms of withdrawal,
62

synapses,
39-40

synaptic space,
39-40

synthesis

of neurotransmitters,
41-42

protein synthesis/degradation rates,
91-92

T

temporal lobe,
10

Ter-Pogossian, Michel,
95

testosterone, effect on cocaine addiction,
161-163

therapy sessions, types of,
177-178

thiamin deficiency,
140

thresholds,
35

time requirements of treatment plans,
175-176

tobacco, harmful effects of,
141-143

addictive properties versus,
138

long-lasting effects,
94

tolerance,
62-63

tomography,
95

tracking genetic mutations,
101

transcription factors,
64-66

transporters,
40
,
47

treatment,
171

behavioral treatments,
177-179

cost of,
172

future of,
190

for gambling addiction,
129

gender differences in,
163-164

length of,
92-93

medications for,
179-183

prevention as,
183

principles of,
174-176

realizing need for,
177

resources for information,
184-186

RTI-336 medication,
195-196

settings for,
179

stigma associated with drug addiction,
173-174
,
196-197

successful treatment, defining,
172-173

twelve-step programs,
93

vaccines,
192-194

tuberoinfundibular DA system,
75

twelve-step programs,
93

tyrosine,
42

U–V

Uhl, George,
103

uncertain rewards, addiction and,
20-21

universities, treatment programs in,
179

users, defined,
1

vaccines,
192-194

Valium,
148

variable number tandem repeat (VNTR),
76

Ventral Tegmental Area (VTA),
75
,
79
,
109

vesicles,
40
,
42

visual cortex,
10

vitamin B deficiency,
140

VNTR (variable number tandem repeat),
76

Volkow, Nora,
131

voluntary treatment,
176

VTA (Ventral Tegmental Area),
75
,
79
,
109

vulnerability to drug use,
99-100

adolescence and,
107-109

availability of drugs and,
107

controlling risk factors,
110

factors in,
100

gene expression and,
101-106

impaired judgment,
109

personality traits and,
107

psychological problems and,
106-107

rider and elephant metaphor,
110-112

W–Z

Wagner, Henry,
95

Wainer, B.,
192

Wang, G,
131

water deprivation, electrical stimulation reinforcement and,
34

Watson, James,
96

websites for treatment information,
185-186

Weeks, James,
16

Wernicke’s encephalopathy,
139

Wise, Roy,
56
,
146
,
155

withdrawal,
60-62

from alcohol addiction,
140

from benzodiazepines,
149

from caffeine,
152

from cocaine,
145

defined,
6

from heroin,
149

from marijuana,
144

from methamphetamine,
147

from nicotine,
141

as step in treatment,
176

substitute medications and,
181

Wolfe, Al,
95

women, drug addiction in,
159-161

hormonal influences,
161-163

treatment differences,
163-164

Xanax,
148

Yamamura, Hank,
96

Yanagita, Tomoji,
16

Yokel, Bob,
56
,
155

Young, W. Scott,
96

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