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The science of addiction : from neurobiology to treatment Cover Image Book

The science of addiction : from neurobiology to treatment / Carlton K. Erickson.

Erickson, Carlton K., (author.).

Summary:

An updated and expanded edition on the roles that brain function and genetics play in addiction

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393712070
  • ISBN: 0393712079
  • Physical Description: xxii, 360 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: Updated and expanded second edition.
  • Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
What addiction is and what it is not -- Is drug addiction a chronic medical brain disease? -- How do they diagnose the disease of addiction? -- Basically, how does the brain work? -- Where and how does addiction occur? -- Genetics: mom and dad's contributions -- Drugs that stimulate and depress us -- Alcohol, our most popular legal drug -- Other drugs that turn us on -- The treatment of addiction should be easy, right? -- Treating addiction: what are the choices? -- Addiction research: good news and bad news -- What's exciting about future addiction research? -- Alcohol concepts for the aspiring neuropharmacologist -- Drug concepts for the aspiring neuropharmacologist

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Subject: Substance abuse > Physiological aspects.
Substance abuse > Treatment.

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