Addiction Format: Paperback
Language: English
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- Addiction Format: Paperback
- Author
- Nestor Nutt
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
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- 0198797745
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- 9780198797746
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Series
- Book 14 of 20: Oxford Psychiatry Library
Substance addiction is a chronic, relapsing disorder characterized by a compulsion to take a substance despite potential consequences.
Addiction, second edition offers a clear and succinct overview of the brain science underpinning substance addiction. Focusing on the nature of addiction as a brain disorder, this resource discusses a range of different behavioural traits such as impulsivity and reward dependence, and looks at the critical role of kinetic and pharmacological factors.
All chapters have been fully updated to provide readers with a quick-reference guide to the latest research on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for addition, and feature helpful key points and further reading sources. In addition, two new chapters on nicotine addiction and appetite hormones have been added to ensure the reader is kept abreast of the most recent discussions in the field of research.
Addiction, second edition offers a clear and succinct overview of the brain science underpinning substance addiction. Focusing on the nature of addiction as a brain disorder, this resource discusses a range of different behavioural traits such as impulsivity and reward dependence, and looks at the critical role of kinetic and pharmacological factors.
All chapters have been fully updated to provide readers with a quick-reference guide to the latest research on pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments for addition, and feature helpful key points and further reading sources. In addition, two new chapters on nicotine addiction and appetite hormones have been added to ensure the reader is kept abreast of the most recent discussions in the field of research.
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David J. Nutt, The Edmond J Safra Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London,Liam J. Nestor, Research Fellow, Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London
David J. Nutt is currently the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London.
Liam J. Nestor is currently a Research Fellow at the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London.
David J. Nutt is currently the Edmond J. Safra Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology and director of the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London.
Liam J. Nestor is currently a Research Fellow at the Neuropsychopharmacology Unit in the Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London.
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