Transcript Bruce Alexander Presentation - FEAD (Film Exchange on Alcohol

A Global, Historical View of Addiction
and
The Future of Addiction Treatment
Bruce K. Alexander
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby British Columbia
www.globalizationofaddction.com
[email protected]
• Alexander, B.K. & Shelton, C.P. (2014). A history of
psychology in western civilization. Cambridge Univ. Press.
• Alexander, B.K. (2008/2010). The globalization of
addiction: A study in poverty of the spirit. Oxford Univ.
Press.
• Plato (circa 375BC). The Republic. (Desmond Lee
translation, 1955).
• St. Augustine (circa397AD). Confessions. Rex Warner
translation, 2009).
• White, W.L. (1998). Slaying the dragon: The history of
alcoholism treatment and recovery in America. Chestnut
Hill Systems.
• Smith, H.L. (2015). Harry’s Last Stand. Icon Books
FRAGMENTED SOCIETY
CONSEQUENCES OF
ADDICTION:
MASS DISLOCATION
OF INDIVIDUALS
1. SHORT-TERM INDIVIDUAL
ADAPTATION
2. LONG-TERM INDIVIDUAL
AND SOCIETAL HARM
FLOOD OF ADDICTIONS
FRAGMENTED
SOCIETY
CONSEQUENCES OF
ADDICTION:
1. SHORT-TERM INDIVIDUAL
ADAPTATION
2. LONG-TERM INDIVIDUAL
AND SOCIETAL HARM
MASS
DISLOCATION
OF INDIVIDUALS
FLOOD OF
ADDICTION
NANOMETER WAVES TREAT ADDICTIONS IN CHINA
Addiction as defined by OED 2010
1.
a. The state or condition of being dedicated
or devoted to a thing, esp. an activity or
occupation; adherence or attachment, esp.
of an immoderate or compulsive kind.
In later use freq. influenced by sense 1b
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Addiction as defined by OED 2010
1. b. Immoderate or compulsive consumption
of a drug or other substance; spec. a
condition characterized by regular or
poorly controlled use of a psychoactive
substance despite adverse physical,
psychological, or social consequences,
often with the development of
physiological tolerance and withdrawal
symptoms
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1. Punish drug users, producers, and traffickers; anti drug
propaganda: War on Drugs
2. Treat the thinking and behaviour of addicted
individuals outside social context: Medical approach
3. Eliminate both punishment and treatment: Libertarian
approach
4. Reduce Harm by caring for addicted people: Harm
Reduction
5. Practice spirituality in order to bear dislocation in a
fragmented world: Mindfulness, Ayahuasca
6. Provide community support, acceptance, and
treatment to overcome addictions: Recovery Movement
7. Restructure society to reduce fragmentation,
dislocation, and addiction: Large Scale Social Change