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23%OFFMarc Lewis - The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease - 9781925228779 - V9781925228779
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The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease

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Description for The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; MMZR; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 244.

Through the vivid, true stories of five addicts, a neuroscientist explains how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it.

The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease, based on evidence that brains change with drug use. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that the disease model has become an obstacle to healing.

Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it’s supposed to do – seek pleasure and relief – ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Scribe Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, Australia
ISBN
9781925228779
SKU
V9781925228779
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About Marc Lewis
Dr Marc Lewis is a neuroscientist and professor of developmental psychology, now teaching at Radboud University in the Netherlands after more than twenty years on faculty at the University of Toronto. He has authored or co-authored more than fifty journal articles in neuroscience and developmental psychology. Presently, he speaks and blogs on topics in addiction science, and his critically acclaimed ... Read more

Reviews for The Biology of Desire: why addiction is not a disease
‘The most important study of addiction to be published for many years.’
The Spectator
‘A courageous and much needed voice in rethinking addiction — Lewis takes addiction out of a disease model and reframes it as a negative outcome of neuroplasticity. This model provides realistic hope, given that what has been learnt can be unlearnt by harnessing the ... Read more

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