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Psyche Magazine @psyche.co · 22/09/2025

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?

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Matt Field @fieldmatt.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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...

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Reevaluating the brain disease model of addiction

The brain disease model of addiction has dominated public and scientific discourse on addiction (termed substance use disorder [SUD] in the DSM-5) ove…

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Eiko Fried @eikofried.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Ioana A. Cristea @ioanaacristea.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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.

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