title: Reinforcer Pathology: The Behavioral Economics of Abuse Liability Testing.
abstract: Understanding the abuse liability of novel drugs is critical to understanding the risk these new compounds pose to society. Behavioral economics, the integration of psychology and economics, can be used to predict abuse liability of novel substances. Here, we describe the behavioral economic concept of reinforcer pathology and how it may predict the use of novel drugs in existing drug-users and initiation of use in the drug-naive.
authors: Addiction Recovery Research Center, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
authors: W K
authors: WK
authors: Bickel
authors: Addiction Recovery Research Center, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
authors: S E
authors: SE
authors: Snider
authors: Addiction Recovery Research Center, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Quisenberry
authors: Addiction Recovery Research Center, Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Roanoke, Virginia, USA.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Stein
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D000435:Alcoholic Intoxication / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D060909:Economics, Behavioral; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology*