Long-term biophysical synchronization for prevention of addiction spectrum formation in high risk children and adolescents: theory and practice.
To date the sequence of events that inevitably leads to addiction has not been defined. The author presents five consecutive risk factors of addiction-loop formation with a spectrum including aggression, sexual disorders, addiction abuse and factitious disorders in children and adolescents at risk, which can be counteracted with five protective factors for addiction-free states: 1. Sleep correction under EEG for night-time transitory homeostatic resynchronizaion (THR); 2. Biofeedback training under EEG for daytime THR; 3. Standardized competent coping skills training; 4. Standardized anti-stress techniques training for stress-free social encounters; 5. Addiction aversion training with socially compatible placebos. We believe that with trained quantified THR over the circadian cycle, appropriate coping skills and anti-stress techniques, predictable addiction-loop formation can be weakened or eliminated. A significant negative correlation between enhanced addiction aversion and a reduced drive for addictive agents can lead to addiction-free states.
D000293:Adolescent; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D002648:Child; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D012307:Risk Factors; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*