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Mental Health Services Administration’s
Technical Assistance Publication #21:
“Addiction Counseling Competencies”
The Science of Addiction: The Brain on AdolescenceKen Winters, PhD
Essential Substance Abuse Skills Webinar Series: A Guide for Professionals
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This series is designed to: Assist in preparing participants for written alcohol and drug certification examinations Enhance knowledge for existing behavioral health professionals Improve overall competence and treatment outcomes Introduce Technical Assistance Publication (TAP) #21
Limitations: This training series is designed as a broad overview Previous education or training is necessary in order to pass alcohol and drug
certification exams Each module covers a wide range of concerns and issues Some topics are addressed only briefly Participants are recommended to seek additional preparatory help
Referral, Service Coordination, and Documentation presented by: Dee Le Beau-Hein, MS, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Treatment Knowledgepresented by: Bob Rohret, MPH, IADC
Upcoming webinars from the National American Indian & Alaska Native ATTC
Bridging the Gaps in Culture and Geography: Telehealth with American Indian Communitiespresented by: Spero Manson, PhD, Pembina Chippewa
Disrespecting Our Elders: Elder Abuse Indicators and Screening in Indian Countrypresented by: Jacque Gray, PhD, Choctaw & Cherokee Nation
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Today’s Speaker
Ken Winters, PhD, is the Director of the Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research, a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and a Senior Scientist at the Treatment Research Institute. He received his BA from the University of Minnesota and a PhD in Psychology (Clinical) from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
His primary research interest is the prevention and treatment of adolescent drug abuse. Dr. Winters has published numerous research articles in this area, and has received several research grants from the National Institute of Health and various foundations. He is on the Editorial Boards for the Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, Journal of Gambling Studies, and the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment.
He was also the Lead Editor for two Treatment Improvement Protocol Series (#31 and #32) published by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (SAMHSA) that focused on adolescent drug abuse assessment and treatment. He is a consultant to many organizations, including the Hazelden Foundation, National Institute on Drug Abuse, World Health Organization, and the Mentor Foundation (an international drug abuse prevention organization).
This is Your Brain on Adolescence
Ken Winters, Ph.D.Department of PsychiatryUniversity of [email protected]
January 22, 2014
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1. Addiction as braindisease
2. Brain development
3. Developing brain & alcohol risk
4. Summary
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Your Brain on CocainePET scan
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Yellow = cocaine is binding or attaching itself to areas of the brain
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controlcontrol addictedaddicted
What about recovery?
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Your Brain After Cocaine
Normal
Cocaine Addict - 10 days
Cocaine Addict - 100 days
Yellow = normal brain functioning
1. Brain imaging: addiction as brain
disease
2. Brain development
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Cautions
• Brain imaging studies are based on small samples• gender, ethnic and cultural
differences may be significant.
Adolescence is a period of profound brain maturation.
We thought brain development was complete by adolescence
We now know… maturation is not complete until about
age 25.
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Important ages of majority and privileges
16 - emancipation- driving
18 - gambling (usually age 21 when alcohol served)- smoking (some at age 19- military
21 -drinking
Allstate ad, NY Times,May, 2007
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An Immature Brain = Less Brakes on the “Go” System
Brain Development
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Prenatal Post-birth Age
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Myelination
Synaptic Refinement
Volume
Metabolism
Blood Flow
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Tapert & Schweinsburg (2005)
Adolescence
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Maturation Occurs from Back to Front of the BrainImages of Brain Development in Healthy Youth
(Ages 5 – 20)
Source: PHAS USA 2004 May 25; 101(21): 8174-8179. Epub 2004 May 17.
Blue represents maturing of brain areas
Earlier:Motor CoordinationEmotionMotivation
Later:Judgment
• Preference for…
1. physical activity
2. high excitement and rewarding activities
3. activities with peers that trigger high intensity/arousal
4. novelty
• Less than optimal…
5. control of emotional arousal
6. consideration of negative consequences
• Greater tendency to…
7. be attentive to social information
8. take risks and show impulsiveness
Seven Implications of Brain Development for Adolescent Behavior
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• Preference for…
1. physical activity
2. high excitement and rewarding activities
3. activities with peers that trigger high intensity/arousal
4. novelty
• Less than optimal…
5. control of emotional arousal
6. consideration of negative consequences
• Greater tendency to…
7. be attentive to social information
8. take risks and show impulsiveness
Seven Implications of Brain Development for Adolescent Behavior
Risk-Taking• Based on science of brain development, a
modern view of risk taking in adolescence is…• normative; important to development
• evolutionarily adaptive
• due primarily to emotional and contextual, not cognitive, factors
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Impact of Peer Presence onRisky Driving in Simulated Context
Chein et al., in press
peer effect
An Immature Brain = Low Brain Power
Source: US News & World Report, 2005
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An Immature Brain = Absence of Judgment
Source: US News & World Report, 2005
1. Brain imaging: addiction as brain
disease
3. Developing brain & alcohol risk
2. Brain imaging: brain development
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Are adolescents more susceptible than adults to alcohol?
4 lines of evidence(acknowledgement to Linda Spear, Ph.D.)
Implications of Brain Development for Drug Abuse Vulnerability
Unethical to give human adolescents alcohol in the laboratory;much of the best evidence comes from adolescent rat studies.
Cautions
• Supporting evidence on alcohol sensitivity from animal models needs to be interpreted with prudence. • assumptions of commonality across species may not hold
pertaining to the aute effects of intoxication • lab rats are administered ethanol via injection or directly into the
stomach• stress of injection impacts absorption and behavioral effects
• Other developmental factors, such as hormonal changes, are also biomedical contributors to alcohol sensitivity.
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1. Evidence from epidemiological studies
Drug use starts early and peaks in the teen years
Prevalence of Past-Year DSM-IV Alcohol Dependence: United States, 2001-2002(Grant, B.F., et al., Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 74, 223-234, 2004)
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Percentages of Past Year Alcohol Use Disorder (Abuse or Dependence) Among Adults Aged 21 or Older, by Age of First Use (SAMHSA, 2005)
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Are adolescents more susceptible to alcohol than adults?
1. Epidemiological data
Comparing adolescent and adult rats, bothhaving no prior exposure to alcohol and matched on temperament….
2. Adolescent rats are less sensitive to the sedative and motor impairment effects of intoxication.
• more drinking before “signals to stop”
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The Water Maze Test
Hidden
Slide courtesySion Kim Harris, Ph.D.
• Saline vs alcohol • Measures
-Swimming speed-Time to find platform
2. Survey Data Suggest that Adolescents Are Less Sensitive to Alcohol’s Effects
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Monitoring the Future, 2001
Less sensitive
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Are adolescents more susceptible to alcohol than adults?
1. Epidemiological data2. Adolescent rats are less sensitive to the sedative and
motor impairment effects of intoxication.
3. Adolescent rats are more sensitive to the social disinhibition effects of alcohol.
• greater social comfort from intoxication
Wanna lookfor some cheese
with me?Sure!
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Are adolescents more susceptible to alcohol than adults?
1. Epidemiological data
2. Adolescent rats are less sensitive to the sedative and motor impairment effects of intoxication.
3. Adolescent rats are more sensitive to the social disinhibition effects of alcohol.
#2 and #3 : May contribute to binge drinking and increased risk to alcohol dependence.
Are adolescents more susceptible to alcohol than adults?
1. Epidemiological evidence2. Adolescent rats are less sensitive to the sedative and
motor impairment effects of intoxication.
3. Adolescent rats are more sensitive to the social disinhibition effects of alcohol.
4. Alcohol may produce greater cognitive disruptions in adolescents.
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Human Data: Alcohol’s Effectson Memory
4. Adolescent rats more sensitive to..
• disruption in memory
• impairment of neurotransmission in hippocampus and cortex
Where ismy cheese?
Source: Spear, 2002
Human Data: Alcohol’s Effectson the Hippocampus
4. Adolescents with a history of alcohol use disorder….
Hippocampus volume (10%)
Source: Tapert & Schweinsburg, 2005
Where is myiPod?
Hippocampus converts information to memory
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Human Data: Alcohol’s Effects
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MRI: Hippocampal Size
Nagel, Schweinsburg, Pham, & Tapert, 2005
•Hippocampus– Encodes new info
– Left smaller in AUD teens (p<.01)
– But no relationship with cognitive functioning (due to less severe alcohol group than Brown et al. sample?)
•Hippocampus– Encodes new info
– Left smaller in AUD teens (p<.01)
– But no relationship with cognitive functioning (due to less severe alcohol group than Brown et al. sample?)
10% smaller volume
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Teen Drinking & Brain Activation
Non-Drinkers Heavy Drinkers
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Age 20
Tapert et al., 2001, 2004Slide courtesy of Susan Tapert, PhD.
2 yrs
drinking
5 yrs
drinking
Meier et al., 2012; PNAS
Sidebar: IQ Changes and Cannabis
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1. Brain imaging: addiction as brain
disease
2. Brain imaging: brain development
3. Developing brain & alcohol risk
4. Summary
Summary • Adolescence is an extended period of
transition from reliance on adults to independence
• Normal adolescence is characterized by….• increase in conflicts with family
members• desire to be with one’s friends• resistance to messages from
authority• irritability• risk taking• proclamations of sheer boredom
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Summary • The brain undergoes a
considerable amount of development during the teen years.
• The last area to develop is the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in planning, decision making and impulse control.
Summary
• Several lines of evidence suggesting that adolescents are more vulnerable to the effects of drugs – particularly alcohol – than adults.
WHY ?
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• Preference for ….1. physical activity2. high excitement and low effort activities3. activities with peers that trigger high
intensity/arousal4. novelty
• Less than optimal..5. balance of emotion and logic when making
decisions6. consideration of negative conseq.
• Greater tendency to…7. take risks and show impulsiveness
Seven Implications of Brain Development for Adolescent Behavior
• The developing brain has a robust dopamine system
• Drugs may be more reinforcing to the developing brain and thus, more subjected to the hijacking process.
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CocaineCocaine
AlcoholAlcohol
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Reward Circuits
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Reward Circuits
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Drug AbuserDrug Abuser
Non-Drug AbuserNon-Drug Abuser
HeroinHeroin
MethMeth
Dopamine D2 Receptors are Lower in Addiction
controlcontrol addictedaddicted
“Priming the Pump” Theory
• Does early exposure to drugs alter the brain in ways that contribute to the addiction in an adolescent?
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Average Number of Self-Administered Doses of NicotineWhen Rats Were Adults (Levin et al., 2003)
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Average # self-admin.
Age of Rates When First Exposed to Nicotine. All DataCollected When Rats were Adults.
Brain Development: Reinforcing Need for Prevention and Treatment
• Youth is a particularly vulnerable period for developing a substance use disorder.
• Prevention and treatment programs are vital.
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Brain Development: Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment
• Discuss with teenagers the science of the neurobiology of addiction
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Brain Development: Opportunities for Prevention and Treatment
• Discuss the implications of using substances when the brain is still developing.
Human Data: Alcohol’s Effectson Memory
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Brain Development: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
• Teach important skills not optimal for the teen brain
• impulse control
• “second” thought processes
• social decision making
• dealing with risk situations
• taking healthy risks
• There are now some age-appropriate resources to educate youth about their developing brain.
• Resource from BSCS Drug Abuse, Addiction and the Adolescent Brain(www.BSCS.org)
• Hazelden has published an 8-lesson multi media resource: Drugs and the Developing Brain(www.hazelden.org)
Classroom Resources
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www.drugfree.org/Parent/
Working with Parents
P = Promote activities that capitalize on the strengths of the developing brain.
A = Assist children with challenges that require planning.
R = Reinforce their seeking advice from adults; teach decision making.
E = Encourage lifestyle that promotes good brain development.
N = Never underestimate the effects of drugs on the developing brain;
emphasize the importance of drug-free lifestyle.
T = Tolerate the “oops” behaviors due to an immature brain.
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Suggested Readings
Dahl, R.E. & Spear, L.P. (Eds.) (2004). Adolescent brain development: vulnerabilities and opportunities. NY, NY: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volume 1021.
Dubuc, B. (n.d.). The brain from top to bottom. Retrieved September 1, 2004, from McGill University Web site: http://www.thebrain.mcgill.ca/flash/index_d.html#
Nestler, E. J., & Malenka, R. C. (2004, March). The addicted brain. Scientific American, 290 (3), 78-85.
Wallis, C. (2004, May 10). What makes teens tick? Time, 163, 57-65.
U.S. News & World Report. (Special Issue, 2005). Mysteries of the teen years. Author.
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Referral, Service Coordination, and Documentation presented by: Dee Le Beau-Hein, MS, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Treatment Knowledgepresented by: Bob Rohret, MPH, IADC
Upcoming webinars from the National American Indian & Alaska Native ATTC
Bridging the Gaps in Culture and Geography: Telehealth with American Indian Communitiespresented by: Spero Manson, PhD, Pembina Chippewa
Disrespecting Our Elders: Elder Abuse Indicators and Screening in Indian Countrypresented by: Jacque Gray, PhD, Choctaw & Cherokee Nation
For more information about our webinar series, contact Kate Thrams at [email protected] or 319-335-5362
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Based on the Substance Abuse and
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Technical Assistance Publication #21:
“Addiction Counseling Competencies”
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