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Addiction : a disorder of choice /
"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. Drawing on psychiatric epidemiology, addicts' autobiographies, treatment studies, and advances in behavioral econo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
Harvard University Press,
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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. Drawing on psychiatric epidemiology, addicts' autobiographies, treatment studies, and advances in behavioral economics, Heyman makes a powerful case that addiction is voluntary. He shows that drug use, like all choices, is influenced by preferences and goals. But just as there are successful dieters, there are successful ex-addicts. In fact, addiction is the psychiatric disorder with the highest rate of recovery. But what ends an addiction?"--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 200 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780674053991 0674053990 0674264436 9780674264434 |