Addiction is a brain disease that cannot be cured by prayer and counseling.
Addicts are trapped in their behaviors and cannot simply quit on their own. They have an illness that requires medical treatment that is combined with nutritional guidance and behavioral change. People assume that because addiction begins with a voluntary behavior and is expressed in the form of excess behavior, an addict should just be able to quit by force of will alone. However, it is essential to understand when dealing with addicts that we are dealing with individuals whose brains have been chemically altered by alcohol, drug or behavioral abuse. Repeated exposure to drugs induces long-lasting adaptations in the brain’s chemistry and architecture, altering how individual neurons in the brain’s reward pathways process information and interact with one another. Canterbury Institute's understanding how chronic exposure to drugs reshapes and addict’s brain has lead the Company to develop innovative, more effective ways to correct the cellular and molecular aberrations that lie at the heart of all addiction.
It may be impossible to believe today, but for decades, many professionals vehemently opposed the use of medications for the treatment of schizophrenia and depression. During the past 20 years, our understanding of schizophrenia and depression has changed dramatically. Today, few experts question that schizophrenia and depression are brain diseases and that the vast number of individuals with these diseases can benefit from medication as part of their treatment plan.
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