Title:
The science of addiction : from neurobiology to treatment / Carlton K. Erickson.
Author:
Erickson, Carlton K., author.
Publication Information:
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018]
Call Number:
RC564 .E67 2018
Abstract:
An updated and expanded edition on the roles that brain function and genetics play in addiction.
Edition:
Updated and expanded second edition.
ISBN:
9780393712070
Physical Description:
xxii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Contents:
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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