Selfish Brain, The: Learning from Addiction

DuPont, Robert / Betty Ford, foreword

ISBN 10: 0880486864 / ISBN 13: 9780880486866

Published by American Psychiatric Pub, 1997

About this Item

Inscribed by the author to William U*****. 553 pages. Very slight twist to spine; dust jacket in fine condition.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selfish Brain, The: Learning from Addiction
• Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0880486864
• ISBN 13: 9780880486866
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Condition: vg
• Dust Jacket Condition: vg+
• Book Type: Hardcover (dj)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Self-help,Psychology,Signed

About this title

Synopsis

The book takes a comprehensive, no-holds-barred look at the easy path to drug addiction and the tough road to recovery. This book can help people confront addiction in their own lives and in their families by exploring the biological roots of addiction and the way addicts are allowed to deny their addiction.

About the Author

Robert L. DuPont, M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Dr. DuPont is a practicing psychiatrist who has specialized in the prevention and treatment of addiction to alcohol and other drugs for more than two decades. He was the first director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), serving under Presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter. Dr. DuPont was also the second director of the White House drug abuse prevention office, a position now known as the drug czar. He is president of a nonprofit research organization, the Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc., and vice president of Bensinger, DuPont, and Associates, a national consulting firm specializing in the problems of addiction in the workplace. A second major area of professional interest is anxiety disorders such as agoraphobia, panic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He was the founding president of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.