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In the realm of hungry ghosts : close encounters with addiction / Gabor Maté ; foreword by Peter Levine.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Maté, Gabor, author.
Contributor:
Levine, Peter, writer of foreword.
EBSCOhost.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Maté, Gabor.
Substance abuse--History.
Substance abuse.
Compulsive behavior--Social aspects.
Compulsive behavior.
Addicts--Treatment.
Addicts.
Substance abuse--Patients--British Columbia--Vancouver--Case studies.
Substance-Related Disorders--physiopathology.
Behavior, Addictive--physiopathology.
Behavior, Addictive--psychology.
Substance abuse--Patients.
History.
British Columbia--Vancouver.
Medical Subjects:
Substance-Related Disorders--physiopathology.
Behavior, Addictive--physiopathology.
Behavior, Addictive--psychology.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 495 pages) : illustrations
Other Title:
Close encounters with addiction
Place of Publication:
Berkeley, Calif. : North Atlantic Books, [2010]
System Details:
text file
Contents:
Foreword / Peter Levine
Hungry ghosts: The realm of addiction
Hellbound train
Physician, heal thyself
A different state of the brain
How the addicted brain develops
The addiction process and the addictive personality
Imagining humane reality: Beyond the war on drugs
The ecology of healing
Appendix I: Fallacies of adoption and twin studies
Appendix II: A close link: Attention deficit disorder and addictions
Appendix III: The prevention of addiction
Appendix IV: The twelve steps.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 450-476) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
ISBN:
9781583944202
1583944206
Publisher Number:
99970315377
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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