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Volume 8, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Addict Res Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 2155-6105
6
th
World Congress on
August 29-31, 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic
Addiction Disorder & Addiction Therapy
Addiction Congress 2017
August 29-31, 2017
Role of motivation in substance use disorders
Sarfraz Hussain
Punjab University & College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan
F
or the last many years there is an increasing trend of substance use or drug addiction. It has been observed in most of the
countries of the world. Healthcare scientists are facing new challenges as patterns of substance use are progressively becoming
more complicated. Substance tolerance, dependance and addiction are all manifestations of brain changes resulting from chronic
substance abuse. Repeated substance use is cause of neuro adaptations in various neuronal circuits in the brain that are involved in
motivation, memory and behaviour control. In addition to the pharmacological treatment, motivation should be the focus which
is unfortunately a missing dimension in the treatment, in the regimen of high relapse. Motivation is guided by the heart and the
brain so there is the role of morality and spiritualism to quit substances and other drugs. There are multiple motivational factors and
reasons to quit other substances. These factors may be more than one. To find out the other factors, studies have shown that different
motivational factors are divided into biological, phycological and social factors. The recovery from addiction is a long process that
requires time, commitment, motivation and support. First step in the treatment is to decide to make a change. Studies has shown
that a patients motivation has better results in the treament outcome. A person with poor motivation who would give up drugs has
managed so with long term effects of positive support thus this discusssion is aimed at the role of biological basis and motivation in
quitting substance use disorder.
Biography
Sarfraz Hussain has done his MBBS from Rawalpindi Medical College affiliated with Punjab Univeristy Lahore. He has done his Post-graduation in Psychiatry from
WHO collaborating Center on Mental Health Research and Training, Rawalpindi Medical College and MCPS from College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan.
He has a certificate of Specialist Psychiatry from Saudi Medical Council Riyadh. He is a live member of Pakistan Psychiatric Society since 2008. He is presently
working as a Consultant Psychiatrist at Brain Center Hospital, Pakistan.
sardarsahab@live.comSarfraz Hussain, J Addict Res Ther 2017, 8:5 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2155-6105-C1-033