Unbroken brain : a revolutionary new way of understanding addiction

Summary: Alcohol, drugs, prescription meds, sex, gambling, porn, the internet. Our understanding of addiction is trapped in the idea that addiction is a crime or a brain disease. Treatment is equally outdated. Szalavitz argues that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy.

Record details

ISBN: 9781466859562
ISBN: 1250055822
ISBN: 9781250055828
Physical Description: 336 pages ; 25 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2016.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-322) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Needle point -- A history of addiction -- The nature of addiction -- Intense world -- The myth of the addictive personality -- Labels -- Hell is junior high school -- Transitive nightfall -- On dope and dopamine -- Set and setting -- Love and addiction -- Risky business -- Busted -- The problem with bottom -- Antisocial behavior -- The 12-step conundrum -- Harm reduction -- The kiwi approach -- Teaching recovery -- Neurodiversity and the future of addiction.