This chapter discusses various interventions for addiction treatment, including medication that blocks opioid receptors, psychological interventions like mindfulness practices, and social interventions such as 12-step programs. It explores the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of 12-step programs and explains how people can become addicted to behaviors as well as substances.
Can you get addicted to anything? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore the science of addiction, dopamine pathways, and what social media is doing to our brains with psychiatrist, Anna Lembke.
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