… behavioral impairments that afflict individuals with addiction. Clinically, the occasional but
… substance use disorders (drug addiction), is a reward deficit/stress surfeit disorder, and the …

… Drug addiction represents a dramatic dysregulation of motivational circuits that is … reward
deficits and stress surfeits, and compromised executive function in three stages. The rewarding …

… reward deficit neurotransmission and reversing stress surfeit neurotransmission can block the
elevation of reward … stage of the addiction cycle is engagement of the brain stress systems, …

… As mentioned previously, stress excites increased dopaminergic activity in cue reactivity (of …
phases of addiction (stress surfeit and dopamine deficit - the neural markers of allostasis). …

… system leads to its dysfunction and to hyperactivation of the brain’s stress response (anti-reward),
resulting in an increase in reward thresholds (reward deficit and stress surfeit). Stress …

… numerous stress events and examines how stress alters addictive behaviors. Moreover,
novel interventions were developed to alleviate stress-induced PTSD symptoms and addictive …

… Not surprisingly, drug addiction has been conceptualised as a learning disorder, a reward
deficit disorder or anti-reward excess disorder, an executive function disorder, and more …

… “addiction” definition from the American Society of Addiction … addiction is indeed, a brain
disorder is changing the face of … comparison of dopamine surfeit to dopamine deficit theories. …

… to treat drug addiction. We conclude that, although drug addiction is a complex disorder
that … and psychological processes, this mental disorder is treatable and may be curable by …

… Our hope is that reconceptualizing addiction as relational disorder will assist clinicians in
thinking differently about their clients and about how they might work to rebuild this relational …