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The addiction solution : unraveling the mysteries of addiction through cutting-edge brain science / David Kipper and Steven Whitney.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Rodale, c2010.Description: xx, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781605292915 (hardcover)
  • 1605292915 (hardcover)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC 564 .K5 2010
Contents:
Addiction 101. Origins and triggers ; Brain chemistry ; The medical treatment of addiction -- The addiction solution. Overcoming the obstacles ; Surrenders and interventions ; Solving addiction in 12 new and easy steps -- Case studies. Cocaine/Dopamine imbalance ; Heroin/Serotoin imbalance ; Opiate-based painkillers ; Methamphetamines ; The benzos/noradrenaline imbalance ; Alcohol ; Marijuana ; Designer drugs ; Cross-addiction ; Preventive care ; Why 10 percent fail ; Postmortem.
Summary: Kipper and Whitney show that recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors to prove that addiction is an inherited, neurochemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by genetics, and triggered by stress. The result is a an enormous paradigm shift in the treatment of addiction.
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General circulation General circulation Main Campus Library General Stacks RC 564 .K5 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available amk 2015/005746

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Addiction 101. Origins and triggers ; Brain chemistry ; The medical treatment of addiction -- The addiction solution. Overcoming the obstacles ; Surrenders and interventions ; Solving addiction in 12 new and easy steps -- Case studies. Cocaine/Dopamine imbalance ; Heroin/Serotoin imbalance ; Opiate-based painkillers ; Methamphetamines ; The benzos/noradrenaline imbalance ; Alcohol ; Marijuana ; Designer drugs ; Cross-addiction ; Preventive care ; Why 10 percent fail ; Postmortem.

Kipper and Whitney show that recent breakthroughs in genetic technology have enabled doctors to prove that addiction is an inherited, neurochemical disease originating in brain chemistry, determined by genetics, and triggered by stress. The result is a an enormous paradigm shift in the treatment of addiction.

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