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Why Can´t I Stop?: Reclaiming Your Life from a Behavioral Addiction
Jon E. Grant
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Description for Why Can´t I Stop?: Reclaiming Your Life from a Behavioral Addiction
Hardback. Featuring patient stories of behavioral addiction and recovery, as well as information about treatment centers, this compassionate guide will help readers better understand the complicated issues surrounding these addictions and teach family members how to help the addicted person while helping themselves. Series: A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: JFFH; MMZR; VFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 262 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
At some point in our lives, we all engage in behaviors that are risky, irrational, or unwise. We might find it exciting and temporarily rewarding to gamble on the lottery or impulsively buy an expensive gadget. But just as substances like alcohol and narcotics have the potential to become addictive, so do certain behaviors. A person addicted to gambling, shopping, the internet, food, or picking at their skin may suffer shame in the shadows while their behavior consumes time and energy and disrupts their life. Some people with behavioral addictions lose their family, job, savings, and home. With a physical ... Read more
At some point in our lives, we all engage in behaviors that are risky, irrational, or unwise. We might find it exciting and temporarily rewarding to gamble on the lottery or impulsively buy an expensive gadget. But just as substances like alcohol and narcotics have the potential to become addictive, so do certain behaviors. A person addicted to gambling, shopping, the internet, food, or picking at their skin may suffer shame in the shadows while their behavior consumes time and energy and disrupts their life. Some people with behavioral addictions lose their family, job, savings, and home. With a physical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421419657
SKU
V9781421419657
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About Jon E. Grant
Jon E. Grant, JD, MD, MPH, is a professor of psychiatry at the University of Chicago and the coauthor of Stop Me Because I Can't Stop Myself: Taking Control of Impulsive Behavior. Brian L. Odlaug, PhD, MPH, is a visiting researcher in public health at the University of Copenhagen. Samuel R. Chamberlain, MD, PhD, is a clinical lecturer and ... Read more
Reviews for Why Can´t I Stop?: Reclaiming Your Life from a Behavioral Addiction
This book provides a great insight into some relatively unknown and misunderstood areas. It is clearly and systematically laid out, following a pattern for each addiction that includes how a diagnosis is made, how common is the disorder, key aspects, and treatment options and treatment recommendations. Nursing Times Here is an authoritative manual of common additions... This book is highly ... Read more