The Thirteenth Step : : Addiction in the Age of Brain Science / / Markus Heilig.

The past thirty years have witnessed a revolution in the science of addiction, yet we still rely on outdated methods of treatment.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 afford to los...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. US AND THEM
  • 2. A GROCERY STORE THAT CLOSED
  • 3. AN ENTITY IN ITS OWN RIGHT
  • 4. A CHRONIC, RELAPSING DISORDER
  • 5. MAN OR MACHINE?
  • 6. HISTORIES, BRAINS, AND BEHAVIORS
  • 7. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
  • 8. THE DARK SIDE OF ADDICTION
  • 9. RASH ACTIONS
  • 10. TURNING ON A BRIGHT LIGHT
  • 11. GETTING THE CUE
  • 12. A STRAINED MIND
  • 13. FATHERS AND SONS
  • 14. MOLECULAR CULPRITS
  • 15. TRICK OR TREATMENT
  • 16. PLEASE BEHAVE
  • 17. PILLS FOR ADDICTION ILLS
  • 18. PRAY IF YOU WISH, BUT PLEASE TAKE YOUR MEDS FIRST
  • 19. THE JOURNEY AHEAD
  • Notes
  • Index