Rajani Maiya

Friend of the Devil: Negative Social Influences Driving Substance Use Disorders

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience February 10, 2022 Matthew B Pomrenze, Franciely Paliarin, Rajani Maiya 27 citations

Substance use disorders in humans have significant social influences, both positive and negative. While prosocial behaviors promote group cooperation and are naturally rewarding, distressing social encounters, such as aggression exhibited by a conspecific, are aversive and can enhance the sensitivity to rewarding substances, promote the acquisition of drug-taking, and reinstate drug-seeking. On...