What is Hypoism? Hypoism is the Disease of Addiction
Abstract for Hypoism Hypothesis, by Dan F. Umanoff, M.D
The correct theory of addiction causation is paramount to finding effective solutions to addictions. The current theories on the cause of addictions are incorrect. Because of this prevention, treatment, recovery, and public policies are ineffective and maintain the addiction epidemic. Using updated interpretations of past and current valid research findings in addiction epidemiology, behavioral genetics, evolutionary psychology, genetic diversity, and animal genetics, a new perspective on the cause of addictions is presented. This hypothesis, the disease of Hypoism, is a general and overriding genetic neurobiological theory of the cause of all addictions, to drugs, behaviors, instincts, and even beliefs. It presents for the first time a testable and practical hypothesis that: 1. Answers all questions about the meaning and origins of addictions, and 2. Provides a framework for early diagnosis of this disease and the means for prevention of addictions and recovery from the disease itself rather than having to wait for addictions to appear and be dealt with as if they were separate and unique entities. Hypoism has massive research, social, and policy implications.