| Description |
1 online resource (x, 209 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Understanding health and sickness series |
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Understanding health and sickness series.
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| Contents |
What Is Addiction? -- Who Gets Addicted and How? -- The Addicted Brain -- Alcohol and Addictive Drugs -- The Course of Addictive Disease -- Addiction and the Family -- Recovery from Addiction -- Dual Diagnosis -- Gambling, Sex, and Other Addictions -- The Search for a Cure -- Regulation of Addictive Substances |
| Summary |
A concise overview of this complex affliction for all those affected by addiction -- addicts, family members, and even employers. Download Plain Text version. At least one of every four people in America has had some experience with addiction -- either personally or through a family member. Addiction and its consequences cost billions of dollars each year in direct medical costs, lost productivity, accidents, crime, and corruption. Yet as a disease, addiction is still largely misunderstood. Starting with the question "what is addiction?" Elizabeth Connell Henderson takes the reader t |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Compulsive behavior.
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Substance abuse.
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Dual diagnosis.
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Addicts.
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Compulsive Behavior
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Behavior, Addictive
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Substance-Related Disorders
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addiction.
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substance abuse.
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addicts.
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SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
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Addicts
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Compulsive behavior
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Dual diagnosis
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Substance abuse
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
00042856 |
| ISBN |
0585402450 |
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9780585402451 |
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9781604730272 |
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1604730277 |
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1282485040 |
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9781282485044 |
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