Research Catalog

Addiction neurobiology : ethical and social implications

Title
Addiction neurobiology : ethical and social implications / European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction ; editorial group, Adrian Carter, Benjamin Capps and Wayne Hall.
Publication
Luxembourg : Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2009.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextUse in library HV5840.E85 A33 2009Off-site

Details

Additional Authors
  • Carter, Adrian J.
  • Capps, Benjamin.
  • Hall, Wayne, 1951-
  • European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
Description
181 pages : illustrations.
Summary
This report reviews developments in the neuroscience of addiction, explores how they might affect the way we view and treat drug problems, and considers the issues that they raise for drug policy in Europe. In language that is easily accessible, the report presents the complex brain processes involved in addition and the ethical implications inherent to current addiction research.--Publisher's description.
Series Statement
EMCDDA monographs ; 9
Uniform Title
EMCDDA scientific monograph series ; 9.
Subject
  • Drug abuse > Social aspects > European Union countries
  • Drugs > Law and legislation > European Union countries
  • Drug addiction
  • Bioethics
  • Social problems
  • Drug abuse
  • Substance-Related Disorders > physiopathology
  • Neurobiology > methods
  • Bioethical Issues
  • Social Problems
  • Substance-Related Disorders
  • Bioethics
  • social issues
  • drug addiction
  • drug abuse
  • Toxicomanía
  • Social problems
  • Drug abuse
  • Drug abuse > Social aspects
  • Drug addiction
  • Drugs > Law and legislation
  • Drogenabhängigkeit
  • Neurowissenschaften
  • European Union countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-179).
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available online.
Contents
What is addiction? / Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall and Benjamin Capps -- The neurobiology of addiction / Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall and David Nutt -- The treatment of addiction / Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall and David Nutt -- Human rights, ethical values and the implications of current addiction research / Benjamin Capps and Richard Ashcroft -- New developments in the treatment of addiction / Adrian Carter, ... [et al.] -- Conclusions and possible implications of advances in addiction neurobiology for future drug policies / Benjamin Capps, ... [et al.].
ISBN
  • 9789291683475
  • 9291683477
LCCN
  • 2010456155
  • 10.2810/48676
  • Katalognr.: TD AL 09 009 EN C
OCLC
  • ocn351307108
  • 351307108
  • SCSB-1534770
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library