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UNBROKEN BRAIN
A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addictive and Compulsive Behavior
More people than ever see themselves as addicted to alcohol or drugs, meds, sex, gambling, porn or the internet. Most see addiction as a crime or as brain disease. But our understanding of addiction is trapped in unfounded 20th century ideas. The result is outdated treatment for most. This book challenges the idea of the addict’s “broken brain” and the notion of an “addictive personality”.
Challenging both the idea of the addict's "broken brain" and the notion of a simple "addictive personality," Unbroken Brain offers a radical and groundbreaking new perspective. It argues that addictions are learning disorders and shows how seeing the condition this way can untangle our current debates over treatment, prevention and policy.
Like autistic traits, addictive behaviors fall on a spectrum -- and they can be a normal response to an extreme situation. By illustrating what addiction is, and is not, the book illustrates how timing, history, family, peers, culture and chemicals come together to create both illness and recovery- and why there is no "addictive personality" or single treatment that works for all.
Combining Maia's personal story with a distillation of more than 25 years of science and research, Unbroken Brain provides a paradigm-shifting approach to thinking about addiction.
Maia Szalavitz is an acclaimed science journalist who has authored or coauthored several books, including the national bestseller, The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog (Basic, 2007). She has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsday, Newsweek, New York Magazine, Redbook, McCall's, New Scientist, Salon, Brill's Content and Spin.
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Published 2016-02-01 by St. Martin's |