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Good afternoon to our speakers this afternoon Professor Julia Sinclair - @drjmas and Sam Chamberlain - @SrCham who will talk about Neurobiology and treatment of addictions: from substances to behaviours #RCPsychIC #Neurobiology #Addictions

Welcome to our first speaker Anne Lingford Hughes speaking to us about alcohol use disorder: clinical features, neurobiology and evidence-based treatment

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Who is in control the user or the drug?

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Addiction vs Dependence

Make it clear in your communication because it will determine your management of the patient whether its addiction or dependence

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Treat alcoholism not just by the reward system but also with the drugs shown below

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The "stress" system

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Drugs available for the treatment of alcoholism and relapse

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Welcome Jon Grant who is talking to us about: Gambling Disorder

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Gambling: Addictions or more OCD/bipolar?

We we look at is as if it is identical to all substances to begin with...

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Gambling addictions are often high functioning people within society

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Gambling relationship to substance use disorder

What role does #dopamine play in the rewards in gambling?

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Suicide attempts are very high within gambling

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Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and brief interventions have shown beneficial treatments for #gambling

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Successful drugs used to treat gambling

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The best results for treating gambling are #opiod antagonists

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Thank you Jon Grant for the informative presentation on gambling disorders

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We welcome Sam Chamberlain to the stage - @srchamb - he will be talking about problematic usage of the internet (PUI) and addiction or conduit?

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Excessive internet use

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Problematic use of the internet is closely related to self-harm and suicide rate

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Disorders related to problematic internet disorder

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Current psychiatric classification

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Inhibitory control

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Structure of the brain and grey matter

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Summary from @srchamb regarding problematic usage of the Internet PUI

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Looking for people with lived experiences @srchamb