The heart of addiction

"An eminent psychiatrist looks beneath the surface of alchoholism and other addictive behaviors to help people take control of their lives."

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dodes, Lance M.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : HarperCollins, c2002.
Edition:1st ed.
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Table of Contents:
  • Time for a change
  • The man who had no time
  • A good woman
  • The secret general
  • I have to do something
  • Hooked by the mind: physical and psychological addiction
  • The genetics of alcoholism
  • Myths of addiction
  • When is abuse not addiction?
  • The Internet, shopping, exercise: how can you tell if it is an addiction?
  • Efforts to understand
  • Puzzling cases
  • Teens
  • Couples
  • When are compulsions addictions?
  • The victors and the vanquished: compulsive gambling
  • Sexual addiction
  • Treatment.