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The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
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ISBN13: 9781610394376
Publisher: Publicaffairs
Published: Jul 14 2015
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.00
Height: 1.10 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing.
Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world that's not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.
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