Our piece in @psyche.co, based on our perspective @thelancet.com Psychiatry
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Is the brain-disease model still the best way to think about addiction? Do its outcomes justify educating entire generations of patients, families and clinicians to view addiction primarily as a problem of individual brain pathology?

Pleased to be able to share my new article in @theconversation.com. It was inspired by recent papers with colleagues @chrysanthi-bltk.bsky.social @ioanaacristea.bsky.social @samuelacuff.bsky.social & ongoing work with @ambercopeland.bsky.social, and many others! theconversation.com/addiction-is...

Nice coverage of our recent paper on the brain disease model of addiction thoughtformation.substack.com/p/preventing...

New today in Lancet Psychiatry, "Reevaluating the brain disease model of addiction", led by @chrysanthi-bltk.bsky.social w/ @ioanaacristea.bsky.social, Fried, & Albanese. I'm chuffed to be involved in this one! **Please RT **(link takes you to free version) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

1/2 In our new Lancet Psychiatry paper on the brain disease model for addiction, we discuss
-its weak empirical support
-its downplaying of psychosocial causes & maintenance factors
-issues with the definition of 'brain disease'
-numerous ways forward

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Thanks @eikofried.bsky.social @fieldmatt.bsky.social for making this paper deeper in analysis, clearer in writing and more impactful.
Congrats to my super cool post-doc @chrysanthi-bltk.bsky.social for leading this.
This was one of the most stimulating recent collaborations. Let's do it again.