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Mindful Path

 

Required Readings

DSM-V Changes (required reading)

 

Week 2- Free Will , autonomy and drug use

 

Psyc441/Readings/FreeWill Black Swan and Addiction

Psyc441/Readings/Hyman-The_Neurobiology_of_Addiction_Implications_.pdf

Nora Volkow' Blog

Addiction and free will

 

Week 3 - Genetics

Genetic Epidemiology

From Genes to Behavior

 

Week 4 - The Addiction Industry

Forbes - The 35 Billion Addiction Industry

 

Week 5 - Harm Reduction & Smart

 

Week 6 - What is going on in Nanaimo

Disease or Developmental Disorder

Liking, Wanting and the Incentive-Sensitization theory of Addiction

Addiction and the Brain: Development, Not Disease

Neurobiologic Advances from the Brain Disease Model of Addiction

 

Week 8 -  Starting to look at the Environment

Alexander - Myths of Addiction

Szazs - War Against Drugs

Peele - Nature of Addiction

5 Stories of Hope - Chapter 4

 

Bruce Alexander Video - Current View of Addiction

Bruce Alexander Video - Alternative View of Addiction

 

Week 9 - Trauma

Khantzian - Self Medication Hypothesis

5 reasons why anecdotes are totally worthless

Response from a Trauma Counsellor

Gabor Mate Video

 

Week 10- Co-Morbidity/Dual Diagnosis

Week 11 - Gambling

Porn

Internet Addiction

Week 12 - Mindfulness