The addicted brain : why we abuse drugs, alcohol, and nicotine

The addicted brain why we abuse drugs, alcohol, and nicotine

"Addiction destroys lives. In The Addicted Brain, a leading neuroscientist explains how and why this happens--and presents advances in treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Michael Kuhar, Ph. D., shows the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kuhar, Michael J. (-)
Other Authors: Wrobel, Sylvia, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press c2012.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Substance abuse > Pathophysiology.
Brain.
Substance-Related Disorders > physiopathology.
Brain > physiopathology.
Brain
Central Nervous System.
Disease.
Mental Disorders.
Nervous System.
Anatomy.
Substance-Related Disorders.
Psychiatry
Health & Biological Sciences
Substance Abuse Disorders
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629168206719
Table of Contents:
  • What's in this book, and why should I read it?
  • Hardwired: what animals tell us about the human desire for drugs
  • Feeling good: the brain's own reward system
  • The ABCs of drug action in the brain
  • The dark side develops!
  • Why are drugs so powerful?
  • The brain is changed, for a long time!
  • Could I become an addict?
  • Stress, social status, and drugs
  • Gambling, sex, and food
  • What else do drugs do to me?
  • Women and adolescents
  • Treatment: how do I get better?
  • What does the future hold?

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