Addictive personalities and why people take drugs : the spike and the moon / Gary Winship ; on behalf of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winship, Gary.

Contributor:

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

Series:

UKCP

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Compulsive behavior--Psychological aspects.

Compulsive behavior.

Drug abuse--Psychological aspects.

Drug abuse.

Compulsive behavior--Patients.

Dependency (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, UK : Karnac, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Why do we take drugs? I haven't the faintest idea, but Gary Winship has a damned good go at telling me the answer. Some might say this is a largely academic book, but as an ex-psychiatric nurse and a Jo Public for the last twenty-five years, I'd say there's something in here for everyone. We've all taken drugs at some point in our lives (except, perhaps, my grandma) so one way to find out why is by reading this fascinating book.'- Jo Brand, comic, author, and actress.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE Fixing the pill mentality; CHAPTER TWO Creation myths and breast junkies: in search of milk and honey; CHAPTER THREE "Dracula": from Stoker's classic of compulsion to Arthur's dark room; CHAPTER FOUR The Prometheus Syndrome: addiction, death, and the liver in mind; CHAPTER FIVE The pleasure paradox: nirvana and death dependency; CHAPTER SIX Major Tom, Lucy, Bion, and the psychotic vacuum; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-429-91058-4

0-429-89635-2

0-429-47158-0

1-283-34154-9

9786613341549

1-84940-945-5

9780429471582

OCLC:

763158208