Addiction: The Mind-Brain Connection
Informations sur l'événement
Dates: 30 mars 2020
Lieu: Desmarais Building, 12th Floor, Room 12-102, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5
À propos de cet événement
En raison du coronavirus, les organisateurs reportent cet événement à l’automne 2020.
From smoking to excessive exercise to opioid abuse, people living with addiction are compelled to engage in repeated behaviour despite its negative consequences. One reason seems to be because of a rewarding effect in the brain. We will explore how the brain pathways of reward and reinforcement work on the mind-brain connection.
Substance misuse, in particular, is a pressing and complex issue. Solving it will rely not just on understanding biology and social factors, but acknowledging the impact of culture and society on, for example, available intervention strategies and challenges to policy development .
Join us to discuss the relationships between the mind, the brain and addiction, the societal implications, and what that evidence has to say about policy relating to addressing addictions.