About this Research Topic
Addiction is commonly considered a disorder that affects the brain and changes behaviors. Substance use disorders, among the leading causes of death and disability, continue to be major public health challenges. Behavioral addictions, which may share certain neurobiological mechanisms with substance use disorders, have received increasing attention over the last two decades. Yet, we lack an overarching theoretical framework that integrates the advancements in neurobiological research with the development, progression, and treatment of addiction. It becomes increasingly clear that these ‘brain’ processes are not independent but fundamentally linked to psychological and social aspects of addiction.
This research topic will advance our understanding of addiction by integrating the different levels on which its underlying neurobiological mechanisms are conceptualized. We will present research that exploits the translational potential of mechanisms such as learning, decision-making, and cognitive control during different stages of addiction across different disorders.
This research topic will highlight studies that adopt a variety of robust and innovative methods. As examples, the last decade has seen a surge of large-scale longitudinal studies, having sufficient statistical power to disentangle causes and consequences of addiction. Mobile assessment devices, biological markers, and brain imaging also brought ample opportunities to the addiction research community.
Finally, we will combine the perspectives from clinicians and scientists to promote profound knowledge of the development of, relapse to, and recovery from addiction.
The topic editors welcome different types of manuscripts including research articles, reviews, and perspectives covering (but not limited to) the following topics:
• Neurobiological underpinnings of cognitive, affective, motivational, and behavioral aspects of addiction
• Predisposing mechanisms of addictive disorders
• Losing and regaining control related to addictive behaviors
• Novel research methods in addiction research such as computational approaches, ecological momentary assessments, and biomarkers
• Translational research on psychological interventions, medication development, and brain stimulation
• Neurobiology of response to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments
• Interindividual differences in addiction neurobiology related to age and sex
This research topic will advance our understanding of addiction by integrating the different levels on which its underlying neurobiological mechanisms are conceptualized. We will present research that exploits the translational potential of mechanisms such as learning, decision-making, and cognitive control during different stages of addiction across different disorders.
This research topic will highlight studies that adopt a variety of robust and innovative methods. As examples, the last decade has seen a surge of large-scale longitudinal studies, having sufficient statistical power to disentangle causes and consequences of addiction. Mobile assessment devices, biological markers, and brain imaging also brought ample opportunities to the addiction research community.
Finally, we will combine the perspectives from clinicians and scientists to promote profound knowledge of the development of, relapse to, and recovery from addiction.
The topic editors welcome different types of manuscripts including research articles, reviews, and perspectives covering (but not limited to) the following topics:
• Neurobiological underpinnings of cognitive, affective, motivational, and behavioral aspects of addiction
• Predisposing mechanisms of addictive disorders
• Losing and regaining control related to addictive behaviors
• Novel research methods in addiction research such as computational approaches, ecological momentary assessments, and biomarkers
• Translational research on psychological interventions, medication development, and brain stimulation
• Neurobiology of response to pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments
• Interindividual differences in addiction neurobiology related to age and sex
Keywords: substance use disorders, behavioral addiction, drug dependence, abstinence, relapse
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