**Meet the editors**

Dr. Fang Zhao is an assistant research scientist at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, GA, USA. She holds her PhD degree in Physical Electronics from the Harbin Institute of Technology, China. She is now working on the cutting edge of signal processing and neuroscience. Her areas of interest include noncontact physiological monitoring techniques, effects of

drugs on the peripheral physiological signals and brain oscillations, and medical instrumentation. She is the author of 21 journal papers, 1 book chapter, and 9 patents.

Dr. Meng Li is doing research at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, GA, USA. Prior to that, he spent over 10 years in Computer Science and Pattern Recognition, completing his Ph.D. at the Harbin Institute of Technology, China. He has a long-standing interest in developing and applying various physiological and mathematical tools to understand how the brain gener-

ates memory, knowledge and other cognitive behaviors.

Contents

**Preface VII**

Volpentesta

Ek-uma Imkome

Shushpanova

**Pathogenic Factors 73**

**Psychophysiological Signals 103** Dai-Ling Hsieh and Tzu-Chien Hsiao

Chapter 7 **Methadone Treatment for Heroin Dependence 117**

Chapter 2 **Effect of Alcohol on Brain Development 13** Farhin Patel and Palash Mandal

Chapter 3 **Bereavement and Substance Use Disorder 31** Laura Masferrer and Beatriz Caparrós

Chapter 4 **Nursing Care for Persons with Drug Addiction 49**

Chapter 5 **Molecular-Cellular Targets of the Pathogenetic Action of**

Chapter 1 **Deep Brain Stimulation in Treatment-Refractory Addiction 1**

Angelo Lavano, Giusy Guzzi, Attilio Della Torre, Donatella Gabriele, Domenico Chirchiglia, Carmelino Angelo Stroscio and Giorgio

**Ethanol in the Human Brain in Ontogenesis and the Possibility**

Baconi Daniela Luiza, Anne Marie Ciobanu, Robert Daniel Vasile, Ana-Maria Vlasceanu, Mirela Nedelescu and Miriana Stan

**of Targeted Therapy Aimed at Correcting the Effect of**

Tamara V. Shushpanova, Anatoly Solonskii and Olga V.

Chapter 6 **Investigation of Emotion Characters of Internet Abusers Using**
