TY - CHAP
T1 - Executive Dysfunction in Addiction
AU - Jarmolowicz, David P.
AU - Mueller, E. Terry
AU - Koffarnus, Mikhail N.
AU - Carter, Anne E.
AU - Gatchalian, Kirstin M.
AU - Bickel, Warren K.
PY - 2013/1/15
Y1 - 2013/1/15
N2 - Executive dysfunction has been increasingly recognized in addiction. The patterns of executive dysfunction seen in addiction result from a disruption in the regulatory balance between two competing neurobehavioral decision systems (CNDS). This chapter reviews executive dysfunction in addiction (i.e., drug addiction, pathological gambling, and obesity). First, it examines prevalent approaches to executive function from both outside and within the addiction research literature. Second, it synthesizes a comprehensive approach to executive function, which accounts for the skills emphasized in previous conceptualizations and for the patterns of dysfunction seen in addiction. The conceptualization of executive functions provides a framework that has spawned novel approaches to studying, understanding, and treating the range of executive dysfunctions associated with addiction. The third section considers these executive functions and their prevalence in addiction. In doing so, the chapter considers approaches to measuring these skills, and their neurobiological underpinning. Lastly, some directions for future research are discussed. This edition first published 2013
AB - Executive dysfunction has been increasingly recognized in addiction. The patterns of executive dysfunction seen in addiction result from a disruption in the regulatory balance between two competing neurobehavioral decision systems (CNDS). This chapter reviews executive dysfunction in addiction (i.e., drug addiction, pathological gambling, and obesity). First, it examines prevalent approaches to executive function from both outside and within the addiction research literature. Second, it synthesizes a comprehensive approach to executive function, which accounts for the skills emphasized in previous conceptualizations and for the patterns of dysfunction seen in addiction. The conceptualization of executive functions provides a framework that has spawned novel approaches to studying, understanding, and treating the range of executive dysfunctions associated with addiction. The third section considers these executive functions and their prevalence in addiction. In doing so, the chapter considers approaches to measuring these skills, and their neurobiological underpinning. Lastly, some directions for future research are discussed. This edition first published 2013
KW - Addiction
KW - Behavioral inhibition
KW - Drug use
KW - Executive dysfunction
KW - Obesity
KW - Pathological gambling
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U2 - 10.1002/9781118384404.ch2
DO - 10.1002/9781118384404.ch2
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84886977693
SN - 9781119978268
SP - 27
EP - 61
BT - The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Addiction Psychopharmacology
ER -