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Author Fisher, Carl Erik, author.

Title The urge : our history of addiction / Carl Erik Fisher.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2022.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  362.29 FISHER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  362.29 FISHER    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  362.29092 FISHER    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  362.2909 FIS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  362.2909 FIS    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  362.29 FISHER    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  362.2909 FISHER    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.85 FIS    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  362.29 FISHER    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  362.29 FISHER    Check Shelf
Description xxi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [305]-359) and index.
Contents Behavior in search of a name -- Foundations: before "addition" -- Epidemics -- A disease in the will -- The age of intemperance -- Possession -- The first American opioid epidemic -- Junkies -- The roots of modern addiction -- The modern alcoholism movement -- Good drugs and bad drugs -- Addiction on trial -- Rehabilitation -- Zero tolerance -- Understanding addiction.
Summary "An authoritative, illuminating and deeply humane history of addiction -- by a therapist who has reached the depths of addiction himself. Even in the midst of a period of staggering drug abuse that we can confidently call a crisis, questions about the fundamental nature of addiction, its origins, and its ideal treatments abound. This absence of consensus is the latest plotted point on a centuries-old historical arc: as humans have struggled to define, treat, and control addictive behaviour, stigma and controversy have been the only constants. With uncommon empathy and erudition, Carl Erik Fisher draws on his own experience as both a psychiatrist of addiction and a recovering alcoholic as he traces the history of a phenomenon that, centuries on, we hardly appear closer to defining -- let alone addressing responsibly. A rich, sweeping history that probes not only medicine and science but also policy, literature, religion, and sociology, A War Within illuminates the extent to which the story of addiction has persistently reflected broader questions of what it means to be human and to take care of one another. Fisher introduces us to the physicians, activists, politicians, researchers, and writers who have struggled to understand and solve this complex condition. He also examines the treatments and strategies that have produced positive results for many addicts -- himself included -- lighting the way forward for those whose lives addiction threatens to destroy. A War Within is at once an eye-opening history of ideas, a riveting personal story of addiction and recovery, and a clinician's impassioned call for a more expansive, nuanced view of one of society's most intractable challenges."-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Fisher, Carl Erik -- Mental health.
Addicts -- History.
Psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography.
Alcoholics -- Biography.
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- Biography.
Compulsive behavior -- History.
Substance abuse -- History.
Compulsive behavior -- Treatment.
Substance abuse -- Treatment.
Psychiatrists. (OCoLC)fst01081142
Mental health. (OCoLC)fst01016339
Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation. (OCoLC)fst00804437
Alcoholics. (OCoLC)fst00804414
Addicts. (OCoLC)fst00796510
Compulsive behavior. (OCoLC)fst00871935
Compulsive behavior -- Treatment. (OCoLC)fst00871953
Substance abuse. (OCoLC)fst01136767
Substance abuse -- Treatment. (OCoLC)fst01136830
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Other Form: Online version: Fisher, Carl Erik. Urge New York : Penguin Press, 2022 z 9780525561453 (DLC) 2021034505
ISBN 9780735237025 (softcover)
0735237026 (softcover)
9780525561446 (hardcover)
0525561447 (hardcover)
9780525561453 (ebook)
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