Addiction : a disorder of choice / Gene M. Heyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heyman, Gene M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug addiction.

Compulsive behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a book sure to inspire controversy, Gene Heyman argues that conventional wisdom about addiction - that it is a disease, a compulsion beyond conscious control - is wrong. At the heart of Heyman's analysis is a startling view of choice and motivation that applies to all choices, not just the choice to use drugs. Heyman's analysis of well-established but frequently ignored research leads to unexpected insights into how we make choices - from obesity to McMansionization - all rooted in our deep-seated tendency to consume too much of whatever we like best.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Preface

1 Responses to Addiction

2 The First Drug Epidemic

3 Addiction in the First Person

4 Once an Addict, Always an Addict?

5 Voluntary Behavior, Disease, and Addiction

6 Addiction and Choice

7 Voluntary Behavior: An Engine for Change

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180-196) and index.

ISBN:

9780674264434

0674264436

9780674053991

0674053990

OCLC:

648759653