Ethical issues in the treatment of addiction

Benjamin Capps, Adrian Carter, Yvette Van Der Eijk

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Addiction or dependence to a psychoactive substance – or drug – is a biopsychosocial disorder. Many aspects of addiction can be clinically treated, yet this raises some important ethical issues. The health and social problems resulting from addiction are generally influenced by sociopolitical agendas and prevailing views about addiction, and therefore, we make some brief observations about how these affect the act, manner, or method of treating someone who is addicted. In this chapter, we focus on some recent developments in the treatment of addiction: pharmacological approaches, and invasive brain therapies. In addition to giving an ethical overview of these, we look more generally at the justification for coerced treatment.

Langue d'origineEnglish
Titre de la publication principaleHandbook of Neuroethics
Maison d'éditionSpringer Netherlands
Pages1045-1064
Nombre de pages20
ISBN (électronique)9789400747074
ISBN (imprimé)9789400747067
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Statut de publicationPublished - janv. 1 2015
Publié à l'externeOui

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© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Arts and Humanities
  • General Medicine
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • General Social Sciences

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