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Summary
"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 caus... Full description
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?