Addiction
A Disorder of Choice
Published on 15. October 2009
216 pages
978-0-674-05399-1 (ISBN)
Description
In a book sure to inspire controversy, Gene Heyman argues that conventional wisdom about addiction-that it is a disease, a compulsion beyond conscious control-is wrong. At the heart of Heyman's analysis is a startling view of choice and motivation that applies to all choices, not just the choice to use drugs.
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Edition
Digital original
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, MA; London
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Edition type
Digital original
ISBN-13
978-0-674-05399-1 (9780674053991)
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06/2009
Harvard University Press
€47.18
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Person
Gene M. Heyman is a research psychologist at McLean Hospital and a Lecturer in Psychology at Harvard Medical School.
Content
Contents Preface 1. Responses to Addiction 2. The First Drug Epidemic 3. Addiction in the First Person 4. Once an Addict, Always an Addict? 5. Voluntary Behavior, Disease, and Addiction 6. Addiction and Choice 7. Voluntary Behavior: An Engine for Change Notes References Index
