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Escaping Addiction
Resetting the Brain for Success
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eBook - PDF
Escaping Addiction
Resetting the Brain for Success
About this book
Presents a variety of effective tools to break the cycle of addiction.
Addiction is a worldwide curse that seems to be growing in seriousness on a yearly basis. While to the general public addiction may seem almost inescapable, the truth is that there are solutions to overcoming the various addictions, though to date they seem more elusive than attainable. The goal of Escaping Addiction is to highlight the variety of causes of addiction alongside an array of useful tools anyone can use to break the cycle of addiction, whether it's to alcohol, drugs, food, or video games.
The seeds of addictive behavior are often planted in childhood then fed to grow over years of the input and reward cycle. Detaching the rewards from the addictive input is key to breaking the habits that keep us addicted. Here, the authors present the variety of treatments – from medications to therapeutic approaches – that can help. Offering a better understanding of the mechanisms of addiction, this book can help anyone struggling with addiction to unravel it in their own lives.
Addiction is a worldwide curse that seems to be growing in seriousness on a yearly basis. While to the general public addiction may seem almost inescapable, the truth is that there are solutions to overcoming the various addictions, though to date they seem more elusive than attainable. The goal of Escaping Addiction is to highlight the variety of causes of addiction alongside an array of useful tools anyone can use to break the cycle of addiction, whether it's to alcohol, drugs, food, or video games.
The seeds of addictive behavior are often planted in childhood then fed to grow over years of the input and reward cycle. Detaching the rewards from the addictive input is key to breaking the habits that keep us addicted. Here, the authors present the variety of treatments – from medications to therapeutic approaches – that can help. Offering a better understanding of the mechanisms of addiction, this book can help anyone struggling with addiction to unravel it in their own lives.
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Yes, you can access Escaping Addiction by Patrick Bordeaux,George F. Koob,Melanie Baillairge in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Addiction in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Figures and Tables
- Foreword Patrick J. Kennedy
- Introduction
- Part I UNDERSTANDING ADDICTION AND TREATMENT OPTIONS
- 1 The Roots of Addiction Emotions and Habits
- 2 The Neurobiology of Addiction The Power of the “Dark Side”
- 3 Addiction as a Pediatric Vulnerability
- 4 Treating Addiction with Pharmacotherapy
- 5 Escaping Addiction with the Help of Psychotherapy
- Part III ESCAPING SPECIFIC ADDICTIONS
- 6 Tobacco The Greatest Unpunished Serial Killer
- 7 Alcohol From Ancient Greece to Prohibition and College Drinking
- 8 Cannabis The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- 9 Opioids From Smoking Opium to Overdosing on Fentanyl
- 10 Psychostimulants From Coca Chewing in Peru 3000 BC to Increasing Overdose Deaths (The Current Overdose Epidemic)
- 11 Behavioral Addiction, Part 1 Gambling Disorder
- 12 Behavioral Addiction, Part 2 Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) and Internet Use Disorder (IUD)
- Conclusion Addiction Is a Lonely Business
- Notes
- Index
- About the Authors