CTN webinar: Emotional brain training and substance use disorders.

Emotional brain training (EBT) uses a brain-based structured system to promote self-directed neuroplasticity of the circuitry that promotes allostatic states and addictive behaviors. The method integrates training in tools to encode emotional resiliency circuitry and to reconsolidate allostatic circuits that activate and prolong addictive behaviors. In addition, EBT uses an IT delivery platform that facilitates effective small group teleconferencing for learning EBT and confidential peer-to-peer support between session. This one-hour presentation, produced by the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Clinical Coordinating Center for CTN members and the public, will explain what EBT is, discuss the science behind it, and identify methods used for delivering and researching EBT.

Objectives include:

• Define emotional brain training and discuss the science behind it.
• Explain implications of EBT on addiction and extreme behaviors.
• Discuss EBT methods for IT-based, professionally-facilitated delivery and research.

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