Er­leb­nis­the­ra­pie als In­ter­ven­ti­on bei Ju­gend­li­chen mit Sucht­er­kran­kun­gen in Deutsch­land: Chan­cen und Gren­zen

This ar­tic­le high­lights the ef­fec­ti­ve­ness of ex­pe­ri­en­ti­al the­ra­py in tar­ge­ting neu­ral me­cha­nisms to tre­at ado­le­s­cent ad­dic­tion. Ra­ther than rein­for­cing ad­dic­tion me­mo­ry, the the­ra­py sti­mu­la­tes the do­pa­mi­ner­gic sys­tem to fa­ci­li­ta­te the de­ve­lo­p­ment of a new, en­do­ge­nous re­ward sys­tem. This pro­cess enhan­ces long-term sta­bi­li­ty and en­ables sus­tainable be­ha­viou­ral ch­an­ge. Emo­tio­nal re­gu­la­ti­on is streng­the­ned th­rough po­si­ti­ve ex­pe­ri­en­ces, self-ef­fi­ca­cy and gui­ded re­flec­tion. De­spi­te fa­cing me­tho­do­lo­gi­cal, struc­tu­ral and fi­nan­cial chal­lenges, em­pi­ri­cal stu­dies and cli­ni­cal ob­ser­va­tions con­firm the the­ra­py­’s ef­fec­ti­ve­ness. Fur­ther sci­en­ti­fic re­se­arch is es­sen­ti­al to un­lock its full po­ten­ti­al and es­tab­lish it as an in­te­gral part of ad­dic­tion the­ra­py.