The Role Dopamine Plays in Pain and Pleasure | SCHE
Dr. Anna Lembke, Academic Director in the Psychology of Addiction and Recovery online short course from the Stanford Center for Health Education (SCHE), explores the role that dopamine plays in reward processing.
The old adage that too much of a good thing can be bad for you is especially true when it comes to the neurotransmitter, dopamine. Even though dopamine is most commonly associated with feelings of pleasure or reward, the flip side is the equal and opposite effect it has with regard to pain. In this course, you’ll delve deeper into the causes of, and treatments for, addiction using a biopsychosocial model. You’ll also gain an understanding of the biological risk factors of addiction, and how concepts of addiction have changed over time.
Six weeks, entirely online.
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