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  • Clinical Psychology
  • Neuroscience

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  • Distinguishes between addiction and dependency.
  • Outlines fundamental principles for treating substance and non-substance addictions.
  • Highlights the evolving therapeutic goal towards psychological recovery and comorbidity treatment.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Summarize current addiction disorder therapy and medication progress.
  • Introduce novel psychological addiction elimination technologies.
  • Discuss the trend towards comprehensive intervention in addiction treatment.

Main Methods:

  • Review of addiction therapy principles and medication.
  • Introduction of "Unconditioned Stimulus Retrieval Extinction Paradigm and Conditioned Stimulus Retrieval Extinction Paradigm" and TPMIH technology.
  • Exploration of emerging technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) and mobile applications.

Main Results:

  • Medication is foundational for substance addiction rehabilitation but limited for non-substance addiction.
  • Efficient repair of implicit pathological memories, especially psychological craving, is key to recovery.
  • Systematic clinical psychological interventions offer an in-depth approach to memory repair and comorbidity treatment.

Conclusions:

  • Addiction therapy is shifting towards eliminating psychological dependence and treating comorbidities.
  • Novel technological and psychological interventions are crucial for effective rehabilitation.
  • Comprehensive intervention strategies represent the future trend in addiction disorder management.