| Description |
251 pages : color illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
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"Based on the HBO documentary series. Produced in association with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism"--Jacket. |
| Contents |
1. Why can't they just stop? -- 2. Addiction is a brain disease -- 3. A disease of young people -- 4. Treatment : the worst thing you can do is nothing -- 5. A broken system : the tangled economics of treatment -- 6. Recovery : it really is one day at a time. |
| Summary |
Strives to break through the myths and explain what addiction really is, what causes it, and how to get the best available treatments. |
| Subject |
Drug addiction.
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Alcoholism.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment.
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Behavior, Addictive.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
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| Added Author |
Hoffman, John.
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Froemke, Susan.
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Nevins, Sheila.
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Cheever, Susan.
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Sheff, David.
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| ISBN |
1594867151: $25.95 |
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9781594867156: $25.95 |
| Standard No. |
039697867153 |
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