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Neuroscientist thinks one way to fight opioid addiction is to tackle loneliness

Neuroscientist thinks one way to fight opioid addiction is to tackle loneliness

(...) (Rachel) Wurzman, a neuroscientist, says she thinks there is a way to make recovery from opioid addiction easier: social connection. That idea is informed by her work with the striatum, a region at the base of the forebrain that helps enable decision-making and is dramatically affected by social connection. (Washington Post, 01.12.2018)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/neuroscientist-thinks-one-way-to-fight-opioid-addiction-is-to-tackle-loneliness/2018/11/30/8f651440-f33d-11e8-80d0-f7e1948d55f4_story.html