McCrory, EJ;
Mayes, L;
(2015)
Understanding Addiction as a Developmental Disorder: An Argument for a Developmentally Informed Multilevel Approach.
Current Addiction Reports
, 2
(4)
pp. 326-330.
10.1007/s40429-015-0079-2.
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Abstract
Substance abuse and drug addiction are two of the most common psychopathologies among the general population. While a host of risk factors are associated with the onset of drug abuse and drug addiction, there is a growing body of evidence pointing to the powerful influence of early adverse experiences, both child neglect and maltreatment, as well as drug use and abuse in parents and/or primary caretakers. We consider the case for drug addiction as a developmental disorder, outlining the need to consider the role of genetic, epigenetic, and neurobiological factors alongside experiences of adversity at key stages of development. Such a multilevel approach within a developmental framework has the potential to reframe our understanding of how addiction emerges and is maintained, and is essential if we are to identify the mechanisms underlying this disorder to better inform effective treatment and prevention across the generations.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Understanding Addiction as a Developmental Disorder: An Argument for a Developmentally Informed Multilevel Approach |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40429-015-0079-2 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40429-015-0079-2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Author(s) 2015. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. |
| Keywords: | Addiction, Childhood maltreatment, Epigenetics, Intervention, Substance use disorders (SUDs) |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502234 |
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