The science of addiction : from neurobiology to treatment

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: print
xxii, 360 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition: Updated and expanded second edition.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-329) 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? -- Apendix A: Alcohol concepts for the aspiring neuropharmacologist -- Apendix B: Drug concepts for the aspiring neuropharmacologist.