COVID-19-Stress Increases Risk of Addiction Development and Relapse Volume 5 - Issue 5

Hamidreza Famitafreshi and Morteza Karimian*

• Physiology department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Received:September 22, 2021;   Published:September 28, 2021

Corresponding author: Morteza Karimian, Department of Physiology, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

DOI: 10.32474/SJPBS.2021.05.000224

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Abstract

COVID-19 nowadays has a devastating effect on almost every aspect of human life. Alongside the COVID-19 pandemia, other maladaptive behaviors develop and affect human life, such as substance abuse. Stress will cause adverse effects both behaviorally and immunologically. These adverse effects will make individuals susceptible to addiction development. Social isolation makes the present situation worse.

Keywords: COVID-19; Addiction; Relapse; Stress and Immune system

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