01665nam a22002777a 4500 AU-EpEBC 20130919204243.0 130919b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780674057272 NEMB NEMB 616.86001 EW Heyman, Gene M. Addiction : a disorder of choice / Gene M. Heyman. Cambridge, MA ; London, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2009. ix, 200 p. : illus. ; pbk ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Responses to addiction -- The first drug epidemic -- Addiction in the first person -- Once an addict, always an addict? -- Voluntary behavior, disease, and addiction -- Addiction and choice -- Voluntary behavior : an engine for change. "In a book sure to inspire controversy, Gene Heyman argues that conventional wisdom about addiction - that it is a disease, a compulsion beyond conscious control - is wrong. Drawing on psychiatric epidemiology, addicts' autobiographies, treatment studies, and advances in behavioral economics, Heyman makes a powerful case that addiction is voluntary. He shows that drug use, like all choices, is influenced by preferences and goals. But just as there are successful dieters, there are successful ex-addicts. In fact, addiction is the psychiatric disorder with the highest rate of recovery. But what ends an addiction?" -- Book jacket. Choice (psychology) Compulsive behaviour. Habit breaking. Addicts psychology. Drug addiction. ddc 37101 37101 0 0 ddc 0 0 610 Medicine and health MAIN MAIN OS 2013-09-19 The Human Condition Bookstore, Kew Vic. 25.37 2 616.86001/HEY 14385 2015-11-18 00:00:00 2015-11-16 1 55.00 2013-09-19 AM