Ethical issues in the treatment of addiction

Benjamin Capps; Adrian Carter; Yvette Van Der Eijk

doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4707-4_70

Ethical issues in the treatment of addiction

Benjamin Capps, Adrian Carter, Yvette Van Der Eijk

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Abstract

Addiction or dependence to a psychoactive substance - or drug - is a biopsychosocial disorder. Many aspects of addiction can be clinically treated, yet this raises some important ethical issues. The health and social problems resulting from addiction are generally influenced by sociopolitical agendas and prevailing views about addiction, and therefore, we make some brief observations about how these affect the act, manner, or method of treating someone who is addicted. In this chapter, we focus on some recent developments in the treatment of addiction: pharmacological approaches, and invasive brain therapies. In addition to giving an ethical overview of these, we look more generally at the justification for coerced treatment

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Neuroethics
Editors	Jens Clausen, Neil Levy
Place of Publication	Dordrecht, Netherlands
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1045-1063
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9789400747074
ISBN (Print)	9789400747067
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4707-4_70
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes

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