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Summary:

"Leading bioethicist Gregory Pence demystifies seven foundational theories of addiction to reveal how they must work together to build more comprehensive solutions. Concerned citizens, individuals suffering from addiction, their families, and those who devote their lives to fighting addiction will find this new perspective a hopeful call to arms"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• America's unsolved epidemic
• What are we getting wrong?
• Follow the money
• A medical disease
• Chemicals and electrical impulses
• Poor choices
• Avoiding the worst outcomes
• Written in the DNA
• Bad ways of coping
• Beyond the individual
• The seven approaches and super-pot
• Ten insights for fighting our epidemics.

Author/Creator:

Pence, Gregory E. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Overcoming addiction: seven imperfect solutions and the end of America's greatest epidemic [by Pence, G.E.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Overcoming addiction [by Pence, G.E.] (Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, [2020] — ISBN 9781538135037; LCCN 2019042442)

Subjects:

Substance abuse — Treatment — Popular works

Bioethics

Mathematical models

Substance abuse — Treatment

Substance abuse

Genres:

Popular works

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed April 7, 2021).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages)

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

RC564 .P46 2020eb

ISBNs:

1538135043 (electronic book)
9781538135044 (electronic bk.)
9781538135037 (hardcover, alkaline paper) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019042443

OCLC Numbers:

1120784155