Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
of Addiction
Petros Levounis, MD, MA
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
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~ 1980
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A Biopsychosocial Illness
Biological
Addiction
Psychological
Social
Use Brain
Switch
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Money and Influence
Catan and Perez, The Wall Street Journal, December 17, 2012.
Admissions: 1999
Primary non-heroin opioid admission rates (per 100,000)
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Admissions: 2001
Primary non-heroin opioid admission rates (per 100,000)
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Admissions: 2003
Primary non-heroin opioid admission rates (per 100,000)
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Admissions: 2005
Primary non-heroin opioid admission rates (per 100,000)
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Admissions: 2007
Primary non-heroin opioid admission rates (per 100,000)
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Admissions: 2009
Primary non-heroin opioid admission rates (per 100,000)
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From Pills to Heroin
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From Fentanyl to Carfentanil
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Neurobiology
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Natural Rewards
Food Sex
DA Concentration (% Baseline)
200 200
% of Basal DA Output
150 150
100 100
Empty
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Box Feeding
Female Present
0
0 60 120 180 Sample 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Time (min) Number
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Adapted from: Di Chiara et al, Neuroscience, 1999
Adapted from: Fiorino and Phillips, J Neuroscience, 1997
Effects of Drugs on Dopamine Levels
MORPHINE COCAINE
400
250
% of Basal Release
Dose mg/kg
200 0.5 300
% of Basal Release
1.0
2.5
150 10
200
100
100
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 hr 0
0 1 2 3 4 5 hr
250
250
NICOTINE ETHANOL
% of Basal Release
% of Basal Release
200
200 0.25
0.5
1
150 150 2.5
100
100
0
0 0 1 2 3 4hr
0 1 2 3 hr
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Adapted from: Di Chiara and Imperato, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 1988; courtesy of
Nora D Volkow, MD
Effects of Amphetamines on Dopamine Levels
1100
1000
AMPHETAMINE
900
% of Basal Release
800
DA
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0 1 2 3 4 5 hr
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Adapted from: Di Chiara and Imperato, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 1988; courtesy of
Nora D Volkow, MD.
Pleasure-Reward Pathways
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Motivational Circuitry
Antireward Pathways
Interoception
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Levounis, Arnaout, and Marienfeld, Motivational Interviewing for Clinical Practice, 2017.
Reward Systems
GAME 1
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A. A sure gain of $250.
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GAME 1
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A. A sure gain of $250. 84%
B. 25% chance to gain $1,000, 16%
75% chance to gain nothing.
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GAME 2
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A. A sure loss of $750.
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GAME 2
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A. A sure loss of $750. 13%
B. 25% chance to lose nothing, 87%
75% chance to lose $1,000.
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Reward and Antireward Systems
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1st Wave: Psychoanalysis
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Levounis, Journal of Medical Toxicology, 2016.
2nd Wave: Boot Camps
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3rd Wave: The Current Approach
Medications
Counseling & Psychotherapy
Mutual Help
Nunes, Selzer, Levounis, Davies, Substance Dependence and Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders, 2010. 37
Levounis, Arnaout, and Marienfeld, Motivational Interviewing for Clinical Practice, 2017.
Renner, Levounis, and LaRose, Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, 2nd Ed., 2018.
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New Directions
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4th Wave: Mindfullness
Viktor E. Frankl
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Frankl V, Man’s Search for Meaning, 1959.
Zerbo, Schlechter, Desai, and Levounis, Becoming Mindful, 2017.
And Back to Psychodynamics…
% reporting any substance use disorders
Only same-sex Mostly same-sex Equally both sexes Mostly other sex Only other sex
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*** 25
24.2
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Women Men
*p<0.05, ***p<.001 based on logistic regression analysis adjusted for race, age, educational level, personal income, employment status, relationship status,
health insurance status, geographic location, MSA, age at alcohol onset, and family history of AOD problems. Reference group was “heterosexual” group.
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1. A medical mistake, a greedy industry, and a tricky brain
are primarily responsible for the opioid epidemic.
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Thank you
NJMS.Rutgers.edu/Psychiatry
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APPENDIX
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Medications
Agonists
100
90
80
70
% Efficacy 60
50
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Partial Agonists
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20
10
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Antagonists
-10 -9 -8 -7 -6 -5 -4
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Log Dose of Opioid
Renner, Levounis, LaRose, Office-Based Buprenorphine Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder, APA Publishing, 2018.
Motivational Interviewing
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Levounis, Arnaout, and Marienfeld, Motivational Interviewing for Clinical Practice, 2017.
Attitudes Towards AA
What Med Staff Think
MEDICAL STAFF PATIENTS Patients Think
1. Housing 1. Inner peace 1. Housing
2. Government 2. God 2. Outpatient Treatment
3. Medical Services 3. Medical Services 3. Medical Services
4. Outpatient Treat. 4. AA 4. Job
5. Job 5. Housing 5. Trusting People
6. Community 6. Spirituality 6. AA
7. Trusting People 7. Outpatient Treat. 7. Inner Peace
8. Inner Peace 8. Community 8. Community
9. God 9. Government 9. Government
10. Spirituality 10. Trusting People 10. Spirituality
11. AA 11. Job 11. God
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