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

Summary:

"Over the past 10 years, neurobiologic and genetic research has provided an increased understanding of what causes drug addiction in the brain's reward pathway. Knowing this leads to a better understanding of how it may be treated and even reversed in those who successfully overcome the disease. This is especially true with addiction's possible precursors of mild to moderate substance use disorders. These latter disorders can usually be treated more easily by less intensive models of "treatment" that do not require actual brain chemistry re-regulation over time. In this new edition, there are updated scientific references to support addiction as a medical brain disease, using the prevailing neurobiology, genetics, and psychological scientific literature."--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9780393712070
ISBN: 0393712079
Physical Description: xxii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 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.