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The selfish brain : learning from addiction

Author: Robert L DuPont
Publisher: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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The Selfish Brain: Learning From Addiction takes a comprehensive, no-holds-barred look at the easy path to drug addiction and the tough road to recovery. Written in an easy-to-understand style, this book can help people confront addiction in their own lives and in their families by exploring the biological roots of addiction and the way addicts are allowed to deny their addiction by compassionate, well-meaning  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
DuPont, Robert L., 1936-
Selfish brain.
Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Press, c1997
(OCoLC)604946658
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Robert L DuPont
ISBN: 0880486864 9780880486866
OCLC Number: 34691223
Description: xxxv, 553 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Thinking about addiction --
Addiction to alcohol and other drugs --
A world history of drug abuse --
The brain and addiction --
Gateway drugs: alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine --
Heroin and other drugs of abuse --
Overcoming addiction --
The addict's career --
Codependence --
Preventing addiction --
Intervention and treatment --
Twelve-step programs --
The future of addiction.
Responsibility: Robert L. DuPont.

Abstract:

The Selfish Brain: Learning From Addiction takes a comprehensive, no-holds-barred look at the easy path to drug addiction and the tough road to recovery. Written in an easy-to-understand style, this book can help people confront addiction in their own lives and in their families by exploring the biological roots of addiction and the way addicts are allowed to deny their addiction by compassionate, well-meaning people. Based on his experience as a specialist on addiction and as a policymaker, former drug czar Robert L. DuPont, M.D., advocates "tough-love" measures to strip away the denial that allows addicts to remain trapped in their destructive habit and place them on the road to recovery. He examines treatment options, especially 12-step programs, which he believes are the most effective path to recovery.

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