Medication-Assisted Treatment for Alcohol and Opioid Addiction

209 Pages·2016·7.14 MB·English

Medication-Assisted Treatment for
Alcohol and Opioid Addiction
Pacific Southwest ATTC
www.uclaisap.org www.psattc.org
Goals of the Training
• As a result of participating in this training,
participants will be able to describe or name:
– Common perceptions of medication-assisted
treatment (MAT)
– The basics of brain functioning in relation to MAT
– How medications to treat alcoholism and drug abuse
work in the brain
– The types of agencies where MAT is offered
– Additional resources available to you.

Why do people take drugs?
To feel better

To feel good To lessen:
Anxiety
To have novel:
Worries
Feelings
Fears
Sensations
Depression
Experiences
Hopelessness
AND
Withdrawal
To share them
In other words:

A Major Reason People
Take a Drug is they Like
What It Does to Their Brains
Science of Addiction
Advances in medicine and scientific
techniques have given researchers a
clearer idea of what addiction is:
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
–
Positron emission tomography (PET) scan
–
Advanced genetic research
–
IMAGING THE
BRAIN
PET
MRI
SPECT

Normal Dopamine
Transmission