A motivation-enhancing drug, also known as a pro-motivational drug, is a drug which increases motivation. Drugs enhancing motivation can be used in the
"want" attribute, which includes a motivational component to a rewarding stimulus. Reward is the attractive and motivational property of a stimulus that induces
(ADHD) often involves motivational deficits, and the ADHD academic Russell Barkley has referred to the condition as a "motivational deficit disorder" in
according to meta-analyses. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a person-centered strategy. It is used to elicit patient motivation to change a specific negative
Motivational states are characterized by the goal they aim for, as well as the intensity and duration of the effort devoted to the goal. Motivational
only for appetitive motivational salience (i.e., incentive salience) towards rewarding stimuli, but also for aversive motivational salience, which directs
successes of motivational therapy by noting that the patient is the ultimate source of change, choosing to reduce their dependency on drugs. Motivational therapies
Substance dependence, also known as drug dependence, is a biopsychological situation whereby an individual's functionality is dependent on the necessitated
Drug withdrawal, drug withdrawal syndrome, or substance withdrawal syndrome is the group of symptoms that occur upon the abrupt discontinuation or decrease
have a medical basis" and that "motivational deficiency disorder can be fatal, because the condition reduces the motivation to breathe." Despite the condition