In this assignment, you will be writing a popular psychology article that educates the public on a topic of importance related to physiological psychology. Your goal is not to be “science lite”—you should endeavor to give accurate descriptions of the relevant neural circuitry and processes,using appropriate terminology. Rather, your goal is to communicate this scientific information in a clear, accessible manner, so that a layperson could understand it despite not having background on this topic.
Write a 2 page article for “Addiction Magazine,” explaining why treating withdrawal symptoms is not an effective approach to preventing relapse among drug addicts. You should be sure to include such information as:
1. What are the neural circuits or processes involved in processing drugs?
2. What evidence do we have that withdrawal symptoms are processed in a different area of the brain than reward signals?
3. What evidence do we have that attempts to end addiction by treating withdrawal symptoms are typically ineffective?
4. What recommendations would you make for clinicians whose goal is to support recovering addicts?
Do not just answer the questions! This needs to seem like an actual article. This will be on turnitin.com so please be careful while paraphrasing and citing, and please make sure to use in-text citations!
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