Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts
The problem of drug addiction is receiving urgent attention. Foremost among the treatment problems among drug addicts is the need to help them through the psychologically and physiologically demanding period of withdrawal. The body reacts during this state with a rebound stress response which incl...
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| description | The problem of drug addiction is receiving urgent attention. Foremost among the treatment problems
among drug addicts is the need to help them through the psychologically and physiologically demanding
period of withdrawal. The body reacts during this state with a rebound stress response which includes
extreme anxiety, depression and insomnia. Underlying the addictive state is an insidious and progressive
destruction of normal brain functioning such as severe memory loss, inability to process abstract
information, and other organic brain dysfunctions, such as Korsakoff psychosis.
Since addiction, withdrawal, and anhedonia are the result of insufficient levels of certain brain
chemicals, or undeveloped pleasure centres and pleasure pathways, the most direct way of eliminating
them is to restore optimal levels of the brain chemicals, to stimulate the pleasure centres and pleasure
pathways. Cranial electro-stimulation is a process which utilizes minute electrical stimulation for
therapeutic purposes. |
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| spelling | iium-226702012-03-20T01:31:56Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/22670/ Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts Shahab, Syed Alwi HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform The problem of drug addiction is receiving urgent attention. Foremost among the treatment problems among drug addicts is the need to help them through the psychologically and physiologically demanding period of withdrawal. The body reacts during this state with a rebound stress response which includes extreme anxiety, depression and insomnia. Underlying the addictive state is an insidious and progressive destruction of normal brain functioning such as severe memory loss, inability to process abstract information, and other organic brain dysfunctions, such as Korsakoff psychosis. Since addiction, withdrawal, and anhedonia are the result of insufficient levels of certain brain chemicals, or undeveloped pleasure centres and pleasure pathways, the most direct way of eliminating them is to restore optimal levels of the brain chemicals, to stimulate the pleasure centres and pleasure pathways. Cranial electro-stimulation is a process which utilizes minute electrical stimulation for therapeutic purposes. 2010 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/22670/1/Cranial_Electro-Stimulation_for_the_Amelioration_of_Drug_Withdrawal.pdf Shahab, Syed Alwi (2010) Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts. In: IIUM Research, Innovation & Invention Exhibition (IRIIE 2010), 26 - 27 January 2010, Kuala Lumpur. |
| spellingShingle | HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Shahab, Syed Alwi Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts |
| title | Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts |
| title_full | Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts |
| title_fullStr | Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts |
| title_short | Cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts |
| title_sort | cranial electro-stimulation for the amelioration of drug withdrawal symptoms among recovering addicts |
| topic | HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/22670/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/22670/1/Cranial_Electro-Stimulation_for_the_Amelioration_of_Drug_Withdrawal.pdf |