Showing posts with label causes of addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label causes of addiction. Show all posts

Monday, January 22, 2018

New Study Casts Doubt on Current "Despair" Models of Addiction



The recent Hari/Hart/Lewis hypothesis that addiction is not primarily metabolic or genetic, but rather the result of "despair" or "sociological conditions" or "flawed learning," takes a major hit in a new report appearing in The National Bureau of Economic Research. The study suggests that "changes in economic conditions account for less than one-tenth of the rise in drug and opioid-involved mortality rates." 

Jason Schwartz at Addiction & Recovery News does a deep dive into the flawed thinking behind the new (old?) sociological views of addiction here.
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