Understanding Addiction (Understanding Health and Sickness Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (577 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1578062403 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 222 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Additional chapters deal with the problems associated with dual diagnosis--when addiction is accompanied by other psychiatric illnesses. Yet as a disease, addiction is still largely misunderstood.Starting with the question "what is addiction?" Elizabeth Connell Henderson takes the reader through the many facets of this disorder. Addiction and its consequences cost billions of dollars each year in direct medical costs, lost productivity, accidents, crime, and corruption. At least one of every four people in America has had some experience with addiction--either personally or through a family member. In the devel
About alcohol, Henderson says that, although the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, psychiatry's bible, doesn't see alcoholism as a disease, it is in fact a "brain disorder" to which the will strongly contributes, for the "I-can-quit-anytime" response is mere denial. All rights reserved. Her experience is that most drugs are "gateways": start with one--marijuana, for example--and you very likely will go on to another. From Booklist Clinical psychiatrist Henderson, a specialist on addiction, writes clearly and informatively on how addictions develop, how the addicted brain works, and what the different effects of the major addictive drugs are, and on genetic, psychological, and behavioral factors involved in addiction. Marijuana is not harmless, she says, but is a serious drug that has no medical use that can't be matched by other treatments. William BeattyCopyright © American Librar
Five Stars Emmy great. "Very readable" according to A Customer. Having read a number of books and articles on the subject, I can say the this book is the most easily readable of all. It explains very complex topics in terms that lets one read and understand quickly, unlike many comprehensive texts that are not really directed to the layman.. Excellent Writing With Clarity This book is an informational text written in the style of a novel. I highly recommend it for students and laypersons who do not require the depth of a psychology textbook. The author knows how to write for the reader. It was a pleasure to read and was extremely informative. It covers many types of addictions and their treatments.
. Elizabeth Connell Henderson is a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Mississippi and is in private practice at Mississippi Neuropsychiatric Clinic in Ridgeland, Mississippi