"Recent Advances in Drug Addiction Research and Clinical Applications" ed. by William M. Meil and Christina L. Ruby

This book discusses in depth how technological advances have led to important discoveries and how these discoveries, in turn, are increasingly being translated into clinical practice. It also presents avenues for future study that hold promise for the many affected by addiction.

Although it is well-accepted that drug addiction is a major public health concern, how we address it as a society continues to evolve as recent advances in the lab and clinic clarify the nature of the problem and influence our views.
This unique collection of eight chapters reviews key findings on the neurobiology and therapeutics of addiction while capturing the diversity of perspectives that shape these concepts, which range from evolutionary biology to psychiatry to the legal system.


Contents
Preface
1 Circuits Regulating Pleasure and Happiness: A Focus on Addiction, Beyond the Ventral Striatum
2 Epigenetics and Drug Abuse
3 Alcohol Cues, Craving, and Relapse: Insights from Animal Models
4 Dopamine and Alcohol Dependence: From Bench to Clinic
5 Contribution of Noradrenaline, Serotonin, and the Basolateral Amygdala to Alcohol Addiction: Implications for Novel Pharmacotherapies for AUDs
6 Substance Abuse Therapeutics
7 Dual Diagnosis Patients First Admitted to a Psychiatric Ward for Acute Psychiatric Patients: 2-Year Period 2003–2004 versus 2013–2014
8 Review of Current Neuroimaging Studies of the Effects of Prenatal Drug Exposure: Brain Structure and Function