Tuesday 20 March 2018

Holistic Tech-Assisted Rehab: The Future of Addiction Recovery

a post by Carla Clark for the World of Psychology blog



Statistically, if you know ten people in the US, at least one of them is expected to enter a near futile battle with addiction – chances of long-term recovery are low. Traditional drug rehabilitation alone isn’t working for enough people, not even slightly. Finally, the foundations for the creation of next-generation therapies have been laid that could help turn these numbers on their head.

Recent developments in our understanding of the biological and neural networks involved in substance abuse disorders and psychological theories of behavioral change, coupled with the rapid evolution of technology-assisted therapy mean that the pivotal time is now.

As we speak, over 30 of the World’s leading experts on ending addiction and facilitating life-long recovery – including expert scientists and therapists, TED speakers, thought-leaders, and international best-sellers – are speaking at the online Healing Addiction Summit.

And that is what it is going to take: The knowledge from the best minds in their respective fields, being united at the frontline in creating holistic, multipronged, therapeutic systems that adapt to the individual and their support network to effectively prevent relapse round the clock and reliably promote lifelong, successful recovery.

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