The NIDA Brain Disease Paradigm: History, Resistance and Spinoffs

David T Courtwright

The NIDA Brain Disease Paradigm: History, Resistance and Spinoffs

David T Courtwright

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Abstract

This article examines ‘the NIDA paradigm’, the theory that addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease characterized by loss of control over drug taking. I critically review the official history of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) paradigm and analyze the sources of resistance to it. I argue that, even though the theory remains contested, it has yielded important insights in other fields, including my own discipline of history.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	137–147
Journal	BioSocieties
Volume	5
State	Published - Apr 6 2010

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addiction; neuroscience; National Institute on Drug Abuse; drug policy; drug history; medicalization

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