Contemporary scientists are yet to provide a comprehensive explanation for the etiology of addiction. There is some evidence to suggest that there is at least some genetic component that predisposes people to addiction. Genetic predisposition does not account for all cases of addiction and there must be some social and environmental factors that lead to addiction. For example: one might look at a family in which there are several addicts and question whether it is genetics that lead a child to addiction or the family environment or the neighbourhood the family lives in. Drug rehab centers in Cape Town keep abreast of scientific knowledge and incoporate it it into their comprehensive residential treatment programs.

Some drugs are highly addictive yet people don't become addicted to them. Some people are able to use drugs casually without developing addiction while some people seem to fall straight into addictive patterns of using. At least some of this variability is caused by the family environment and the rest could be explained by external environment factors like stressors, the availability of the drug, and the psychological makeup of the individual.

Drug rehab centers in Cape Town are equipped to address your addiction comprehensively and help you understand the underlying physical, emotional, and psychological factors that lead to compulsive drug use.

There are approximately 40,000 genes involved in the areas of the brain that drugs affect. Narrowing down the search for a genetic explaination is therefore a time consuming and difficult undertaking. There are a variety of techniques that geneticists use to get "clues" about where to start, but they are still required to gather a large amount of data. Perhaps eventually a firm genetic link will be established that could inform more accurate medical treatment for addiction. Until then drug rehab centers in Cape Town (South Africa) are able to provide cutting edge psychotherapeutic treatment for addiction the effectiveness of which has been proven by research.

Co-occuring mental disorders may place somebody at a higher risk of developing addiction. People who are depressed, schizophrenic, or suffer from a bipolar mood disorder appear to be predisposed to developing addiction as well. Drug rehab centers in South Africa are able to comprehensively treat people with co-occurring mental disorders and will address addiction and psychosocial problems simultaneously. If you would like help in choosing a drug rehab center in Cape Town then please contact us today.