The Potential of Brain Stimulation Techniques for Substance Use Disorder Treatment

Authors

Heather E Webber
Joy M Schmitz

Publication Date

1-19-2022

Journal

Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry

Abstract

Current treatments for substance use disorders (SUDs) are far from ideal, with no U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved pharmacotherapies to treat stimulant and other use disorders. New approaches are urgently needed to combat the increasing prevalence of SUDs and overdose deaths. It is widely accepted that addiction is a chronic disease of the brain involving changes in neural circuitry associated with cognitive and reward functioning. Brain stimulation techniques are novel methods that can modulate these circuits directly and thus hold considerable promise for treating SUDs.

Keywords

Brain, Deep Brain Stimulation, Humans, Substance-Related Disorders, Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Comments

PMID: 35081209