Innovations in the Treatment of Substance Addiction

Part I. Introduction to Substance Abuse

1. Characterization of Substance Dependence
Lúcio Garcia Oliveira, Frederico Eckschmidt, Gabriela Arantes Wagner

2. Neurobiology of Substance Abuse
André Bedendo, André Luiz Monezi Andrade, Ana Regina Noto

Part II. Innovations in The Treatment of Substance Addiction

3. What Can We Expect from the Pharmacological Treatments for Dependences Presently Available?
Luis Pereira Justo

4. Use of Herbal Medicine to Treat Drug Addiction
Fúlvio Rieli Mendes, Dianne da Rocha Prado

5. EMDR Therapy and the Treatment of Substance Abuse and Addiction
Susan Brown, Julie Stowasser, Francine Shapiro

6. Mindfulness and Substance Abuse
Elisa Harumi Kozasa, Isabel Cristina Weiss Souza, Víviam Vargas Barros, Ana Regina Noto

7. Micro- and Macronutrients on Dependence
Juçara Xavier Zaparoli

8. How Do Interventions and Brief Psychotherapies Work? Evaluating the Change Processes in Drug User’s Interventions
Laisa Marcorela Andreoli Sartes, Erica Cruvinel, Maira Leon Ferreira

9. Web-Based Interventions for Substance Abuse
Michael P. Schaub

10. An Open Uncontrolled Pilot Trial of Online Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Ukrainian Alcohol-Dependent Patients
Olena Zhabenko, Nataliya Zhabenko, Deirdre A. Conroy, Oleg Chaban, Anna Oliinyk, Iryna Frankova, Alexander Mazur, Kirk J. Brower, Robert A. Zucker

11. The Effect of Laying-on of Hands on the Substance Abuse
Ricardo Monezi, Adriana Scatena, André Luiz Monezi Andrade

12. The Effects of Yoga on Substance Abuse
Rui Ferreira Afonso

13. Physical Exercise and Treatment of Addiction
Andrea Maculano Esteves, Paulo Daubian Rubini Santos Nosé, Marco Tulio Mello

14. Neurofeedback and Substance Abuse Disorder
Fateme Dehghani-Arani

15. Erratum to: Neurobiology of Substance Abuse
André Bedendo, André Luiz Monezi Andrade, Ana Regina Noto

Keywords: Psychology, Health Psychology, Social Work, Psychopharmacology, Psychotherapy and Counseling