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The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
Marc Lewis
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The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease
Marc Lewis
In this "unorthodox but enlightening book" (Wall Street Journal), renowned developmental neuroscientist Marc Lewis shows how the prevailing'disease model' of addiction is wrong, how it has mislead the medical and treatment industries, and why understanding addiction as a developmental learning process is essential to more effective treatment and more enduring recovery for more people.
256 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 23, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9781610397124 |
| Publishers | PublicAffairs,U.S. |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 209 × 140 × 21 mm · 226 g |
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