Addiction treatment.(Update on dependency and rehabilitation) From: CME: Your SA Journal of CPD | Date: February 1, 2008| Author: Meyer, Rodger | COPYRIGHT 2008 South African Medical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Addiction is not well understood. There are a number of important questions that still need to be answered scientifically if we are to make any inroads in addressing this important public health problem:

* Why does addiction continue despite the serious negative and sometimes catastrophic consequences for the person with the disorder?

* Why is addiction sometimes so resistant to treatment?

* Why is relapse so common that some even consider it a defin...