Addiction: Entries and Exits
Addiction focuses on the emergence, nature, and persistence of addictive behaviors, as well as the efforts of addicts to overcome their condition. Do addicts act of their own free will, or are they driven by forces beyond their control? Do structured treatment programs offer more hope for recovery? What causes relapses to occur? Recent scholarship has focused attention on the voluntary aspects of addiction, particularly the role played by choice. Addiction draws upon this new research and the...
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Addiction focuses on the emergence, nature, and persistence of addictive behaviors, as well as the efforts of addicts to overcome their condition. Do addicts act of their own free will, or are they driven by forces beyond their control? Do structured treatment programs offer more hope for recovery? What causes relapses to occur? Recent scholarship has focused attention on the voluntary aspects of addiction, particularly the role played by choice. Addiction draws upon this new research and the investigations of economists, psychiatrists, philosophers, neuropharmachologists, historians, and sociologists to offer important new insights into the sad puzzle of addictive behavior. Booknews Nine chapters by multidisciplinary contributors from the US and Oslo, Norway offer insights into the controversies over whether addicts have control over their behavior, the extent to which treatment programs offer hope for recovery, and what causes relapses. The cultural values that infuse such issues, the neurobiology of addiction, and recent theories on the role of choice are major themes. Based on presentations at a Russell Sage Foundation conference in June 1997. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ContributorsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPt. IPhilosophical Perspectives on Addiction1Ch. 1Disordered Appetites: Addiction, Compulsion, and Dependence3Ch. 2Freedom of the Will and Addiction29Pt. IIThe Neurobiology of Addiction55Ch. 3The Neurobiology and Genetics of Addiction: Implications of the "Reward Deficiency Syndrome" for Therapeutic Strategies in Chemical Dependency57Ch. 4Addiction as Impeded Rationality120Pt. IIIAddiction, Choice, and Self-Control149Ch. 5Hyperbolic Discounting, Willpower, and Addiction151Ch. 6Addiction and Self-Control169Pt. IVAddiction and Motivation207Ch. 7The Intuitive Explanation of Passionate Mistakes and Why It's Not Adequate209Ch. 8Emotion and Addiction: Neurobiology, Culture, and Choice239Pt. VAddiction and Culture277Ch. 9Addicts as Objects of Study: Clinical Encounters in the 1920s279Index301
\ BooknewsNine chapters by multidisciplinary contributors from the US and Oslo, Norway offer insights into the controversies over whether addicts have control over their behavior, the extent to which treatment programs offer hope for recovery, and what causes relapses. The cultural values that infuse such issues, the neurobiology of addiction, and recent theories on the role of choice are major themes. Based on presentations at a Russell Sage Foundation conference in June 1997. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
