Addiction and Neurodegenerative Disorders: Unraveling the Nexus [Hardcover]

1. Animal models of substance use and neurodegeneration 2. Parkinsons disease and drug addiction 3. Alzheimers disease and drug addiction 4. Frontotemporal dementia and drug addiction 5. Alcohol and neurodegenerative disorders 6. Cannabis and neurodegenerative disorders 7. Opioids and neurodegenerative disorders 8. Sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics and neurodegenerative disorders 9. Stimulants and neurodegenerative disorders 10. Tobacco and neurodegenerative disorders 11. Behavioral addictions in neurodegenerative diseases 12. Interventions for addiction in neurodegenerative disorders 13. Psychedelic-inspired approaches for treating neurodegenerative disorders.14. PsychedelicInspired Approaches for Treating Neurodegenerative Disorders 15. Environmental Factors and Challenges in Managing Addiction and Neurodegenerative Disorders/?16. Challenges of Neurodegenerative and Substance Use Disorders in Low and MiddleIncome Countries 16. Challenges of Neurodegenerative and Substance Use Disorders in Low and MiddleIncome Countries//?

This book explores the connection between neurodegenerative disorders and addiction. It delves into the complex interplay between the two areas, discussing preclinical to clinical findings that highlight commonalities, shared risk factors, interplay and causality, comorbidity, management, and evidence-based interventions.?

Dr. Samer El Hayek, MD, is a specialist psychiatrist at the American Center for Psychiatry and Neurology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and an adjunct assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Beirut, Lebanon. An accomplished adult and addiction psychiatrist, Dr. El Hayek brings a robust clinical, academic, and research background to his work.

Dr. El Hayek completed a fellowship in addiction psychiatry at the University of Miami-Jackson Health System in Miami, Florida, United States, in 2022, followil€