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Jacques Besson¹, Jeremy Grivel¹, Alexander Tomei¹

¹Section d'addictologie, Service de psychiatrie communautaire, Département de psychiatrie, CHUV, 1011 Lausanne.

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|January 17, 2018

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This review covers addiction research, criticizing the disease model by highlighting personal agency. It also updates on cannabidiol, legal cannabis, gambling suicidality prevention, and integrated care for addiction and psychosis.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Clinical Pharmacology
Psychiatry

Background:

Current addiction models are challenged by cognitive neurosciences emphasizing personal agency.
Societal relevance includes updates on cannabidiol and legal cannabis.
Specific populations like excessive gamblers and individuals with first psychotic episodes require tailored interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically evaluate the disease model of addiction.
To provide an update on the clinical pharmacology of cannabidiol and legal cannabis.
To discuss specific prevention strategies for gambling-related suicidality and integrated care for addiction with first psychotic episodes.

Main Methods:

Literature review and critical analysis of current addiction research.
Pharmacological review of cannabidiol and its relation to legal cannabis.
Analysis of epidemiological data and clinical guidelines for specific addiction-related issues.

Main Results:

Cognitive neurosciences challenge the traditional disease model of addiction, advocating for agentivity.
Cannabidiol's clinical pharmacology and the landscape of legal cannabis are updated.
Evidence suggests specific prevention strategies for excessive gambler suicidality and the need for integrated care for co-occurring addiction and psychosis.

Conclusions:

Addiction research requires a nuanced approach, integrating neuroscientific findings on agentivity.
Understanding the pharmacology of substances like cannabidiol is crucial in the context of evolving cannabis regulations.
Integrated care models are essential for addressing complex conditions such as gambling disorder with suicidality and comorbid addiction with first psychotic episodes.