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In the realm of hungry ghosts : close encounters with addiction / Gabor Maté ; foreword by Peter Levine.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maté, Gabor, author.
- 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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