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SOCIOBIOLOGY AND ADDICTION RECOVERY
Marc Galanter, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
New York University School of Medicine
No Disclosures
RELATED RESEARCH
First Steps
Four books:
• Cults
• Network Therapy
• Spirituality
• Alcoholics Anonymous
Left Right
TPO-J Semantic
control of
emotion
SPL dl-PFC
goal
maintenance
and
attention
Prayer
Regulates the acquired emotional
response by exercising a reappraisal of
the emotional response to triggers by
activating areas for:
(a)regulation of attention
(b)Semantic control of emotion
CONCLUSIONS
1. Biologic entities exist at different levels of integration – from neural structure to
social systems.
2. Addiction and recovery can, as well, be understood from multiple levels of
integration: physiologic, bio-behavioral, and interpersonal.
3. In approaching addiction treatment, we need to appreciate how biologically
grounded change can be mediated on these respective levels.
4. Family networks and Twelve Step groups are therefore examples of biologically
grounded approaches for remediation of addiction.