The thirteenth step : addiction in the age of brain science.
The past twenty-five years have witnessed a revolution in the science of addiction, yet we still rely upon sorely outdated methods of treatment. Expensive new programs for managing addiction are also flourishing, but since they are not based in science, they offer little benefit to people who cannot...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press
2015.
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| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7312/heil17236 |
Table of Contents:
- Us and them
- A grocery store that closed
- An entity in its own right
- A chronic, relapsing disorder
- Man or machine?
- Histories, brains, and behaviors
- The pursuit of happiness
- The dark side of addiction
- Rash actions
- Turning on a red light
- Getting the cue
- A strained mind
- Fathers and sons
- Molecular culprits
- Trick or treatment
- Please behave
- Pills for addiction ills
- Pray if you wish, but please take your meds first
- The journey ahead.