Biological basis of addiction. Addiction as a brain disease (disease model of addiction); genetic factors in addiction; reward deficiency syndrome

Readings:

Pinel, D. (2010). Drug addiction and the brain’s reward circuits. Biopsychology. Pages 399-410

Blume, A., Rudisill, D., Hendricks, S., Santoya, N. (2013). Diseas model. In Miller, P. (Ed) Principles of Addiction.

Blum, K., Chen, A. L., Giordano, J., Borsten, J., Chen, T. J., Hauser, M., ... & Barh, D. (2012). The addictive brain: all roads lead to dopamine. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 44(2), 134-143.