Research Catalog

Title

The heart of addiction / Lance M. Dodes.

Author

Dodes, Lance M.

Publication

New York : HarperCollins, c2002.

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Description

x, 257 p.; 25 cm.

Summary

"An eminent psychiatrist looks beneath the surface of alchoholism and other addictive behaviors to help people take control of their lives."

Subject

• Controlled drinking
• Alcoholism > Treatment
• Substance abuse > Treatment
• Alcoholism > therapy
• Behavior, Addictive > therapy
• Substance-Related Disorders > therapy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-247) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Time for a change -- The man who had no time -- A good woman -- The secret general -- I have to do something -- Hooked by the mind: physical and psychological addiction -- The genetics of alcoholism -- Myths of addiction -- When is abuse not addiction? -- The Internet, shopping, exercise: how can you tell if it is an addiction? -- Efforts to understand -- Puzzling cases -- Teens -- Couples -- When are compulsions addictions? -- The victors and the vanquished: compulsive gambling -- Sexual addiction -- Treatment.

ISBN

0060198117

LCCN

^^2001026477

OCLC

• 47136434
• SCSB-11089540

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library