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What Drives Addiction and What to Do About It: A Psychodynamic Perspective



with Edward Khantzian, M.D.


 
Over the past 4-5 decades there have been major advances in understanding how addictive drugs affect the brain to explain how processes of tolerance, physical dependence, and chronic drug use perpetuate addictive behavior.  There has been a tendency for these developments and challenges to detract from appreciating and understanding the importance of psychological and psychodynamic factors that make addictive disorders so compelling.  Such a perspective need not and does not compete with a biological one.  This presentation is a psychodynamic exploration of the nation of the suffering that makes addictive behavior and attachments so compelling, and how contemporary psychodynamic theory and practice can guide treatment to best address addicted patients' therapeutic needs.   


Presenter Information

 

Edward J. Khantzian is the originator of the self-medication hypothesis of addictive disorders. He is a professor of psychiatry part-time, Harvard Medical School, and a founding member of the Department of Psychiatry at The Cambridge Hospital.  He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of The American Psychiatric Association. Dr. Khantzian was a founding Chairperson for the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry (GAP) Committee on Alcoholism and the Addictions. He is also a founding member of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP) and a past president of this national organization.
 

 

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WHEN: Saturday, October 20, 2018 from 10 am - 1 pm (9:30 am - registration - coffee/bagels & fruit)

WHERE: SDPC - 4455 Morena Blvd., Ste. 202 San Diego, CA 92117

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