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Substance abuse : a reference handbook / by Newton, David E.;

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-279) and index.Background and history -- Problems, controversies, and solutions -- Worldwide perspective -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Data and documents -- Organizations -- Resources.Provides a general overview of the extensive and complex problem of substance abuse.

Subjects: Substance abuse;

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Substance abuse : your questions answered / by Vitelli, Romeo,author.; Gale (Firm);

Includes bibliographical references and index.General information -- Causes and risk factors -- Consequences of substance abuse -- Culture, media, and substance abuse -- Treatment, prevention, and life after substance abuse.This book provides readers with a basic understanding of substance abuse, especially as it relates to teens and young adults, plus resources and guidance for overcoming it.Description based on print version record.

Subjects: Teenagers; Teenagers; Substance abuse; Drug abuse;

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Addiction / by Watkins, Christine,1951-editor.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233) and index.What are some causes and sources of addiction? -- How can addiction be prevented? -- How do addictions affect relationships? --How can addictions be treated?This volume addresses various issues related to addiction, including what some causes and sources of addiction are, how addiction can be prevented, how addictions affect relationships, and how addictions can be treated.

Subjects: Substance abuse.; Interpersonal relations.;

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Addictions, substance abuse & alcoholism / by Moglia, Paul,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references.VOLUME ONE : Abstinence-based treatment -- Addiction -- Addiction medications -- Addictive personality -- Adolescents and alcohol misuse -- Adolescents and drug misuse -- Adolescents, young adults and smoking -- Adult children of alcoholics -- Advertising for alcohol -- Advertising for tobacco products -- Aerosols addiction -- Age and addiction -- Alcohol misuse -- Alcohol misuse: The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) -- Alcoholics Anonymous: The Twelve Steps -- Alcohol poisoning -- Alcohol's effects on the body -- Alternative therapies for addiction -- Amphetamine misuse -- Anabolic steroids -- Anesthesia misuse -- Anhedonia -- Antabuse -- Anticholinergics -- Anxiety -- Anxiety medication misuse -- Autoerotic asphyxiation -- Baclofen -- Barbiturates -- Behavioral addictions: Overview -- Behavioral addictions: Treatment -- Behavioral Disorders in the DSM-5: Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders -- Behavioral therapies for addictions -- Benzodiazepine misuse -- Betty Ford Center, The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation -- Binge drinking -- Bipolar disorder and addiction -- Birth defects and alcohol -- Birth defects and drug use -- Birth defects and smoking -- Blood alcohol content (BAC) -- Body modification addiction -- Brain changes with addiction -- Bupropion -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) -- Caffeinated alcoholic drinks -- Caffeine addiction -- Caffeine's effects on the body -- Canada's drug strategy (CDS) -- Cancer and substance misuse -- Cannabis-induced psychosis -- Celebrities and substance misuse -- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) -- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) -- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) -- Children and behavioral addictions -- China white -- Choking game -- Chronic bronchitis -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) -- Cigarettes and cigars -- Cirque Lodge -- Cleanliness addiction -- Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) -- Club drugs -- Cocaine Anonymous -- Cocaine use disorder -- Codeine -- Codependency -- Coffee -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for addictions & substance misuse -- College and substance misuse -- Compulsions -- Compulsive gambling -- Computer addiction -- Conduct disorders -- Controlled Substances Act -- Controlled substances and precursor chemicals -- Co-occurring disorders -- Cough and cold medications addiction -- Crack -- Crime and behavioral addictions -- Crime and substance misuse -- Cross-addiction -- Cutting and self-mutilation -- D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) -- Date rape drugs -- Debtors Anonymous -- Decriminalization of drugs in the United States -- Dependence -- Depressants misuse -- Depression -- Designated drivers -- Designer drugs -- Detoxification and substance misuse -- Dextroamphetamine -- Dextromethorphan -- Diagnosis methods -- DMT -- Domestic violence and addiction -- Dopamine and addiction -- Drug misuse and addiction: Overview -- Drug misuse and addiction: In depth -- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) -- Drug interactions -- Drug paraphernalia -- Drug testing -- Drugged driving -- Drunk driving -- DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- DSM-5: Criteria for substance use disorders -- Economic impact of addiction -- Education about substance misuse -- Emergency treatment -- Emetic misuse -- Emphysema -- Ephedrine -- Esophageal cancer -- Ethanol addiction -- Exercise addiction -- Families and behavioral addictions -- Families and substance misuse -- Fentanyl -- Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) -- Flashbacks -- Food addiction -- Gamblers Anonymous -- Gambling addiction -- Gaming addiction -- Gasoline (substance of misuse) -- Gateway drugs -- Gender and addiction -- Genetics and substance misuse -- GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid) -- Government warnings for addictive substances -- Group therapy for behavioral addictions -- Group therapy for substance misuse -- Halfway houses -- Hallucinogen misuse -- Hallucinogen's effects on the body -- Harm reduction -- Hashish -- Hazelden Foundation -- Health disparities and substance misuse -- Heart attacks and substance misuse -- Heroin -- History of addiction -- HIV/AIDS and substance misuse -- Hoarding -- Homelessness and addiction -- Household chemicals of misuse -- Hydrocodone -- Impulse control disorders -- Inhalants misuse -- Insurance for addiction treatment -- Internet addiction -- Intervention -- Intoxication -- Intravenous drug use & blood-borne diseases -- Jail diversion programs -- Just Say No campaign -- Ketamine -- Kleptomania -- Laryngeal cancer -- Law enforcement and drugs -- Laxative misuse -- Legislation and substance misuse -- Leukoplakia -- Librium -- Liver disease and alcohol use -- Love and relationship addiction -- LSD -- Lung cancer --; VOLUME TWO : Marijuana -- Marriage/partnership and alcoholism -- Marriage/partnership and behavioral addictions -- Marriage/partnership and substance misuse -- MDMA -- Media and behavioral addictions -- Media and smoking -- Media and substance misuse -- Medical marijuana -- Meditation, alcohol, substance misuse and addictions -- Memory loss and substance misuse -- Men and behavioral addictions -- Men and smoking -- Men and substance misuse -- Mental illness and addiction -- Mescaline -- Meth labs -- Methadone -- Methamphetamine -- Military and substance misuse -- Minnesota model -- Models of addiction -- Monitoring the Future -- Morphine -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) -- Mushrooms/psilocybin -- Naloxone -- Naltrexone -- Narcotics Anonymous -- Narcotics' effects on the body -- Narcotics misuse -- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) -- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) -- Newborn addicts -- Nicotine addiction -- Nicotine replacement products -- Nitrazepam -- Nitrous oxide -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- Opioid epidemic -- Opioid misuse -- Opium -- Overdose -- Overeaters Anonymous -- Over-the-counter drugs of misuse -- Oxycodone -- Pain addiction -- Painkiller misuse -- Panic disorders and addiction -- Paraphilias -- Parenting and alcohol misuse -- Parenting and behavioral addictions -- Parenting and substance misuse -- PCP -- Peer pressure -- Phoenix House -- Physiological dependence -- Pipes and hookahs -- Poppers -- Pornography addiction -- Post-Traumatic Stress and addiction -- Poverty and substance misuse -- Pregnancy and alcohol -- Pregnancy and drug use -- Pregnancy and smoking -- Prescription drug addiction: Overview -- Prescription drug addiction: In depth -- Prevention methods and research for addiction -- Prison and substance misuse -- Promises Treatment Center -- Pseudoaddiction -- Psychological dependence -- Psychosis and substance misuse -- Pyromania -- Recovery -- Recreational drugs -- Rehabilitation programs for addiction -- Relapse -- Residential treatment for addiction -- Respiratory diseases and smoking -- Risk factors for addiction -- Ritalin -- Rohypnol -- Routes of administration for drugs of misuse -- Safe and drug-free schools -- Salvia divinorum -- Schizophrenia and addiction -- Schools and substance misuse -- Science of addiction -- Screening for behavioral addiction -- Secondhand smoke -- Sedative-hypnotic misuse -- Self-destructive behavior and addiction -- Self-medication -- Sex addiction -- Sexual assault and alcohol use -- Sexual assault and drug use -- Sexual stimulant misuse -- Shopping/spending addiction -- Slang -- Sleeping pills addiction -- Smokeless tobacco -- Smoking -- Smoking cessation -- Smoking cessation for older adults -- Smoking's effects on the body -- Sober living environments -- Social media addiction -- Socioeconomic status and addiction -- Solvent misuse -- Soma -- Sponsorship for addicts -- Steroid misuse -- Stigma of addiction -- Stigmatizing language -- Stimulant misuse -- Stimulants' effects on the body -- Stress and alcohol -- Stress and drug misuse -- Stress and smoking -- Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) -- Suboxone -- Substance misuse and addiction in the elderly -- Substance misuse -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -- Sugar addiction -- Suicide and addiction -- Support groups for addicts -- Symptoms of substance misuse -- Technology addiction -- Television and screen addiction -- Temazepam -- Texting addiction -- Tobacco use disorder -- Tolerance -- Tough love -- Tramadol -- Treatment methods and research for addictions -- Trends and statistics: Alcohol misuse -- Trends and statistics: Behavioral addictions -- Trends and statistics: Illegal drug use -- Trends and statistics: Prescription drug misuse -- Trends and statistics: Smoking -- Twelve-step programs -- Twelve-step programs for family and friends -- Valium -- Veterans and addiction -- Vicodin and Norco -- War on Drugs -- Withdrawal -- Women and behavioral addictions -- Women and smoking -- Women and substance misuse -- Work addiction -- Work issues and behavioral addictions -- Work issues and substance misuse -- Glossary -- General Bibliography -- Web Site Directory -- Substances of Misuse List and Cross References -- Pharmaceutical Treatments -- Alcohol Withdrawal Medications -- Treatment Centers and Programs -- Addictions Support Groups and Organizations -- Timeline of Major Developments in Addictions and Substance Misuse.Provides a two-volume set that contains 425 alphabetically arranged essays on a variety of topics, including substances of abuse, treatment and addiction overviews, organizations and foundations dedicated to treatment and prevention, physiological and psychological issues and behaviors, trends and statistics, and social contexts and concerns related to substance abuse and treatment such as advertising and media influence, aging, ethnicity, and children and substance abuse.

Subjects: Substance abuse; Drug abuse; Alcoholism;

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Addictions, substance abuse & alcoholism / by Moglia, Paul,editor.;

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.VOLUME ONE : Abstinence-based treatment -- Addiction -- Addiction medications -- Addictive personality -- Adolescents and alcohol misuse -- Adolescents and drug misuse -- Adolescents, young adults and smoking -- Adult children of alcoholics -- Advertising for alcohol -- Advertising for tobacco products -- Aerosols addiction -- Age and addiction -- Alcohol misuse -- Alcohol misuse: The Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (MAST) -- Alcoholics Anonymous: The Twelve Steps -- Alcohol poisoning -- Alcohol's effects on the body -- Alternative therapies for addiction -- Amphetamine misuse -- Anabolic steroids -- Anesthesia misuse -- Anhedonia -- Antabuse -- Anticholinergics -- Anxiety -- Anxiety medication misuse -- Autoerotic asphyxiation -- Baclofen -- Barbiturates -- Behavioral addictions: Overview -- Behavioral addictions: Treatment -- Behavioral Disorders in the DSM-5: Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders -- Behavioral therapies for addictions -- Benzodiazepine misuse -- Betty Ford Center, The Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation -- Binge drinking -- Bipolar disorder and addiction -- Birth defects and alcohol -- Birth defects and drug use -- Birth defects and smoking -- Blood alcohol content (BAC) -- Body modification addiction -- Brain changes with addiction -- Bupropion -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) -- Caffeinated alcoholic drinks -- Caffeine addiction -- Caffeine's effects on the body -- Canada's drug strategy (CDS) -- Cancer and substance misuse -- Cannabis-induced psychosis -- Celebrities and substance misuse -- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) -- Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) -- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) -- Children and behavioral addictions -- China white -- Choking game -- Chronic bronchitis -- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) -- Cigarettes and cigars -- Cirque Lodge -- Cleanliness addiction -- Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) -- Club drugs -- Cocaine Anonymous -- Cocaine use disorder -- Codeine -- Codependency -- Coffee -- Cognitive-behavioral therapy for addictions & substance misuse -- College and substance misuse -- Compulsions -- Compulsive gambling -- Computer addiction -- Conduct disorders -- Controlled Substances Act -- Controlled substances and precursor chemicals -- Co-occurring disorders -- Cough and cold medications addiction -- Crack -- Crime and behavioral addictions -- Crime and substance misuse -- Cross-addiction -- Cutting and self-mutilation -- D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) -- Date rape drugs -- Debtors Anonymous -- Decriminalization of drugs in the United States -- Dependence -- Depressants misuse -- Depression -- Designated drivers -- Designer drugs -- Detoxification and substance misuse -- Dextroamphetamine -- Dextromethorphan -- Diagnosis methods -- DMT -- Domestic violence and addiction -- Dopamine and addiction -- Drug misuse and addiction: Overview -- Drug misuse and addiction: In depth -- Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) -- Drug interactions -- Drug paraphernalia -- Drug testing -- Drugged driving -- Drunk driving -- DSM-5: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders -- DSM-5: Criteria for substance use disorders -- Economic impact of addiction -- Education about substance misuse -- Emergency treatment -- Emetic misuse -- Emphysema -- Ephedrine -- Esophageal cancer -- Ethanol addiction -- Exercise addiction -- Families and behavioral addictions -- Families and substance misuse -- Fentanyl -- Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) -- Flashbacks -- Food addiction -- Gamblers Anonymous -- Gambling addiction -- Gaming addiction -- Gasoline (substance of misuse) -- Gateway drugs -- Gender and addiction -- Genetics and substance misuse -- GHB (Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid) -- Government warnings for addictive substances -- Group therapy for behavioral addictions -- Group therapy for substance misuse -- Halfway houses -- Hallucinogen misuse -- Hallucinogen's effects on the body -- Harm reduction -- Hashish -- Hazelden Foundation -- Health disparities and substance misuse -- Heart attacks and substance misuse -- Heroin -- History of addiction -- HIV/AIDS and substance misuse -- Hoarding -- Homelessness and addiction -- Household chemicals of misuse -- Hydrocodone -- Impulse control disorders -- Inhalants misuse -- Insurance for addiction treatment -- Internet addiction -- Intervention -- Intoxication -- Intravenous drug use & blood-borne diseases -- Jail diversion programs -- Just Say No campaign -- Ketamine -- Kleptomania -- Laryngeal cancer -- Law enforcement and drugs -- Laxative misuse -- Legislation and substance misuse -- Leukoplakia -- Librium -- Liver disease and alcohol use -- Love and relationship addiction -- LSD -- Lung cancer.VOLUME TWO : Marijuana -- Marriage/partnership and alcoholism -- Marriage/partnership and behavioral addictions -- Marriage/partnership and substance misuse -- MDMA -- Media and behavioral addictions -- Media and smoking -- Media and substance misuse -- Medical marijuana -- Meditation, alcohol, substance misuse and addictions -- Memory loss and substance misuse -- Men and behavioral addictions -- Men and smoking -- Men and substance misuse -- Mental illness and addiction -- Mescaline -- Meth labs -- Methadone -- Methamphetamine -- Military and substance misuse -- Minnesota model -- Models of addiction -- Monitoring the Future -- Morphine -- Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) -- Mushrooms/psilocybin -- Naloxone -- Naltrexone -- Narcotics Anonymous -- Narcotics' effects on the body -- Narcotics misuse -- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) -- National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) -- Newborn addicts -- Nicotine addiction -- Nicotine replacement products -- Nitrazepam -- Nitrous oxide -- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) -- Opioid epidemic -- Opioid misuse -- Opium -- Overdose -- Overeaters Anonymous -- Over-the-counter drugs of misuse -- Oxycodone -- Pain addiction -- Painkiller misuse -- Panic disorders and addiction -- Paraphilias -- Parenting and alcohol misuse -- Parenting and behavioral addictions -- Parenting and substance misuse -- PCP -- Peer pressure -- Phoenix House -- Physiological dependence -- Pipes and hookahs -- Poppers -- Pornography addiction -- Post-Traumatic Stress and addiction -- Poverty and substance misuse -- Pregnancy and alcohol -- Pregnancy and drug use -- Pregnancy and smoking -- Prescription drug addiction: Overview -- Prescription drug addiction: In depth -- Prevention methods and research for addiction -- Prison and substance misuse -- Promises Treatment Center -- Pseudoaddiction -- Psychological dependence -- Psychosis and substance misuse -- Pyromania -- Recovery -- Recreational drugs -- Rehabilitation programs for addiction -- Relapse -- Residential treatment for addiction -- Respiratory diseases and smoking -- Risk factors for addiction -- Ritalin -- Rohypnol -- Routes of administration for drugs of misuse -- Safe and drug-free schools -- Salvia divinorum -- Schizophrenia and addiction -- Schools and substance misuse -- Science of addiction -- Screening for behavioral addiction -- Secondhand smoke -- Sedative-hypnotic misuse -- Self-destructive behavior and addiction -- Self-medication -- Sex addiction -- Sexual assault and alcohol use -- Sexual assault and drug use -- Sexual stimulant misuse -- Shopping/spending addiction -- Slang -- Sleeping pills addiction -- Smokeless tobacco -- Smoking -- Smoking cessation -- Smoking cessation for older adults -- Smoking's effects on the body -- Sober living environments -- Social media addiction -- Socioeconomic status and addiction -- Solvent misuse -- Soma -- Sponsorship for addicts -- Steroid misuse -- Stigma of addiction -- Stigmatizing language -- Stimulant misuse -- Stimulants' effects on the body -- Stress and alcohol -- Stress and drug misuse -- Stress and smoking -- Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) -- Suboxone -- Substance misuse and addiction in the elderly -- Substance misuse -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) -- Sugar addiction -- Suicide and addiction -- Support groups for addicts -- Symptoms of substance misuse -- Technology addiction -- Television and screen addiction -- Temazepam -- Texting addiction -- Tobacco use disorder -- Tolerance -- Tough love -- Tramadol -- Treatment methods and research for addictions -- Trends and statistics: Alcohol misuse -- Trends and statistics: Behavioral addictions -- Trends and statistics: Illegal drug use -- Trends and statistics: Prescription drug misuse -- Trends and statistics: Smoking -- Twelve-step programs -- Twelve-step programs for family and friends -- Valium -- Veterans and addiction -- Vicodin and Norco -- War on Drugs -- Withdrawal -- Women and behavioral addictions -- Women and smoking -- Women and substance misuse -- Work addiction -- Work issues and behavioral addictions -- Work issues and substance misuse -- Glossary -- General Bibliography -- Web Site Directory -- Substances of Misuse List and Cross References -- Pharmaceutical Treatments -- Alcohol Withdrawal Medications -- Treatment Centers and Programs -- Addictions Support Groups and Organizations -- Timeline of Major Developments in Addictions and Substance Misuse."This second edition of Salem Health: Addictions, Substance Abuse & Alcoholism presents essays on a variety of topics concerning substance abuse and behavioral addictions and their related issues. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that more Americans die from the effects of drug abuse than from traffic accidents, and attributes the death of nearly 100,000 Americans annually to the excessive consumption of alcohol. These startling statistics, coupled with the staggering rise in deaths from prescription drug misuse in the twenty-first century, have thrown the spotlight on how the allied health community and society at large approach, track, and treat alcohol and drug dependency and other addictive behaviors. As addictions and their related disorders continue to escalate, so has society's understanding and treatment of them, from increased and more thorough comprehension of maladaptive behavior to a clearer picture of the physiological effects of substance abuse, both in the short and long term. Also important is being aware of the role that substance abuse and misuse and addiction play in society, whether through glorification or stigmatization in the media, or experienced firsthand in a home or social setting by a parent or child, and the agencies and preventative strategies in place to curb abuse and its effects. Salem Health: Addictions, Substance Abuse & Alcoholism surveys the decades of progress in understanding and treating addictive behaviors and substance abuse, analyzing trends and treatment, offering historical and technical background, and providing socioeconomic, psychological, and physiological understanding of the influence and impact of addiction and substance abuse." -- Publisher information

Subjects: Substance abuse; Compulsive behavior.; Alcoholism; Drug abuse; Substance-Related Disorders; Compulsive Behavior.;

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The anatomy of addiction : what science and research tell us about the true causes, best preventive techniques, and most successful treatments / by Mohammad, Akikur.;

"As compelling as it is informative and authoritative, The Anatomy of Addiction will lead you to a better understanding about the causes, prevention, and treatment of addiction. It explains in layman's terms what constitutes effective, evidence-based addiction medicine and how to find it. This book provides actionable, scientific information for addicts and their families and details how to avoid so-called rehab clinics that are at best useless and at worst dangerous and even life threatening"--Includes bibliographical references and index.The invisible epidemic that's killing us -- Addiction is preventable. Addiction is treatable -- The ten biggest myths of addiction -- The medical illness of addiction -- The medical consequences of addiction -- The process of effective treatment -- Painless detox -- Maintenance and relapse -- Dual diagnosis -- Teens and young adults -- Fetal alcohol syndrome : real and preventable -- Overcoming the culture of disbelief.

Subjects: Substance abuse; Compulsive behavior; Substance abuse;

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Rethinking excessive habits and addictive behaviors / by Bevacqua, Tony.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The origins of the AA mindset -- Changing our language, changing our subjectivity -- The reality of human experience -- Love, approval, and validation -- Rethinking excessive habits and addictive behaviors -- Deconstructing deficit-based language -- Pharmaceutical drugs and the DSM-5 -- Celebrity culture and addictive behavior -- parenting influence on children -- The "love" we learned -- Subjective well-being: the goal of all positive outcomes -- Rethinking your life challenges and experiences -- New learning, new direction.

Subjects: Compulsive behavior.; Substance abuse.; Behavior, Addictive; Substance-Related Disorders;

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Never enough : the neuroscience and experience of addiction / by Grisel, Judith.;

"Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions. Drawing on years of research--as well as personal experience as a recovered addict--researcher and professor Judy Grisel has reached a fundamental conclusion: for the addict, there will never be enough drugs. The brain's capacity to learn and adapt is seemingly infinite, allowing it to counteract any regular disruption, including that caused by drugs. What begins as a normal state punctuated by periods of being high transforms over time into a state of desperate craving that is only temporarily subdued by a fix, explaining why addicts are unable to live either with or without their drug. One by one, Grisel shows how different drugs act on the brain, the kind of experiential effects they generate, and the specific reasons why each is so hard to kick. Grisel's insights lead to a better understanding of the brain's critical contributions to addictive behavior, and will help inform a more rational, coherent, and compassionate response to the epidemic in our homes and communities"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Brain food -- Adaptation -- One salient example: THC -- Dream weavers: opiates -- The sledgehammer: alcohol -- The downer class: tranquilizers -- Pick me ups: stimulants -- Seeing clearly now: psychedelics -- A will and a way: other abused drugs -- Why me? -- Solving addiction."Set apart by its color, candor, and bell-clear writing, Never Enough is a revelatory look at the roles drugs play in all of our lives and offers crucial new insight into how we can solve the epidemic of abuse" - Amazon.com.

Subjects: Drug addiction; Substance abuse;

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The complete family guide to addiction : everything you need to know now to help your loved one and yourself / by Harrison, Thomas F.; Connery, Hilary Smith,author.;

"The purpose of this book is to explain addiction and to help families and friends to deal with it successfully. People who are struggling with addiction can also use this book to understand their situation and the resources that are available to help them. And people who are wondering if they might have an addiction can use it to get a better sense of the nature and depth of their potential problem. Part I explains the science behind addiction. Part II looks at the emotional side of the problem and how families are affected. Part III discusses many of the real-world legal and practical issues that addicts often face, and ways to keep them out of trouble. Part IV provides a detailed overview of treatment options. And Part V describes the recovery process and the most effective strategies to keep it going for the long term"--Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: family and friends, the first responders to the addiciton crisis -- What is addiction?. A bewildering illness ; What makes someone an addict, as opposed to a heavy drinker or a recreational user ; How addiction affects the brain ; Why do some people become addicts and others don't? ; So is addiction a disease? (and if not, what is it?) ; Why do people get addicted to one particular substance and not others? ; What about gambling addiciton, sex addiction, etc.? -- Living with an addict. How addicts behave ; How loved ones are affected ; Denial, enabling, and codependency ; The stigma of addiction ; Strategies to get a loved one into treatment ; How to cope when a loved one is refusing treatment ; Dealing with a child who is an addict ; Dealing with a spouse who is an addict ; Dealing with a parent who is an addict -- Keeping an addict out of trouble. Can an employee be fired for having an addiction? ; Drug courts and other ways to keep an addict out of jail ; Using civil commitment to keep an addict safe ; More ways to protect an addict from harm -- How treatment works. Can addicts get well without treatment? ; A brief overview of treatment options ; What really happens in detox? ; What really happens in rehab? ; How to find a good rehab and pay for it ; Psychotherapy approaches that are used for addicts ; Drugs that treat alcohol abuse ; Drugs that treat opioid abuse ; Does Alcoholics Anonymous actually work? ; AA-type groups for addictions other than alcohol ; Alternative support groups for people who don't like AA ; When an addict has other mental health problems -- What to expect in recovery. What to expect in early recovery ; What causes relapse? ; How to prevent relapse ; What to do if a relapse happense ; Managing addiction as a long-term chronic illness.

Subjects: Substance abuse.; Substance abuse; Substance abuse; Substance-Related Disorders.; Substance-Related Disorders; Family Relations.;

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Unbroken brain : a revolutionary new way of understanding addiction / by Szalavitz, Maia.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-322) and index."More people than ever before see themselves as addicted to, or recovering from, addiction, whether it be alcohol or drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, or the internet. But despite the unprecedented attention, our understanding of addiction is trapped in unfounded 20th century ideas, addiction as a crime or as brain disease, and in equally outdated treatment. Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the notion of a simple "addictive personality," Unbroken Brain offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective, arguing that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy. Like autistic traits, addictive behaviors fall on a spectrum -- and they can be a normal response to an extreme situation. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery- and why there is no "addictive personality" or single treatment that works for all. Combining Maia's personal story with a distillation of more than 25 years of science and research, Unbroken Brain provides a paradigm-shifting approach to thinking about addiction."--Publisher information.Alcohol, drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, the internet. Our understanding of addiction is trapped in the idea that addiction is a crime or a brain disease. Treatment is equally outdated. Szalavitz argues that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy.Needle point -- A history of addiction -- The nature of addiction -- Intense world -- The myth of the addictive personality -- Labels -- Hell is junior high school -- Transitive nightfall -- On dope and dopamine -- Set and setting -- Love and addiction -- Risky business -- Busted -- The problem with bottom -- Antisocial behavior -- The 12-step conundrum -- Harm reduction -- The Kiwi approach -- Teaching recovery -- Neurodiversity and the future of addiction.

Subjects: Substance abuse; Compulsive behavior.; Substance-Related Disorders;

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