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Addiction : a disorder of choice , None by Heyman, Gene M, None is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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1 online resource (ix, 200 pages) :, \"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, Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-196) and index, Responses to addiction -- The first drug epidemic -- Addiction in the first person -- Once an addict, always an addict? -- Voluntary behavior, disease, and addiction -- Addiction and choice -- Voluntary behavior : an engine for change, Print version record

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Author
Heyman, Gene M, None
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9780674032989
Category
science
Subjects
Psychology, Health & Fitness, Medical
Rating
3.87 / 5 (53 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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