Abstract

Existential, neurobiological and cognitive models of addictive behavior are considered as a theoretical basis for transformational therapy of addictive disorders. The NMDA receptor antagonist ketamine, which has neurotrophic, modulatory and psychedelic effects, demonstrates the universal properties of a transforming agent for any of the presented concepts of addictive behavior. Since persistent mental and behavioral changes essentially are psychobiological changes, the substrate that determines the effectiveness of the intervention is synaptic plasticity and neural network remodeling.

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