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Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Second edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Provides a two-volume set that contains 425 alphabetically arranged essays on a variety of topics, including substances of abuse, treatment and addiction overviews, organizations and foundations dedicated to treatment and prevention, physiological and psychological issues and behaviors, trends and statistics, and social contexts and concerns related to substance abuse and treatment such as advertising and media influence, aging, ethnicity, and children...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been called the most formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions. Drawing on years of research -- as well as personal experience as a recovered addict ... Grisel has reached a fundamental conclusion: for the addict,...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxv, 468 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Big Tobacco meets Silicon Valley in this corporate exposé of what happened when two of the most notorious industries collided-and the vaping epidemic was born. Howard Willard lusted after Juul. As the CEO of tobacco giant Philip Morris's parent company, and a veteran of the industry's long fight to avoid being regulated out of existence, he grew obsessed with a prize he believed could save his company-the e-cigarette, a product with all the addictive...
30) All's well
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Miranda Fitch's life is a waking nightmare after an accident ruins her acting career, and leaves her with chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers and alcohol. On the verge of losing her job as a college theater director, Miranda lives out her broken dreams through an upcoming production of Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well, when the unimaginable happens. She suddenly recovers, but at what cost?"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers an examination of drug use, abuse, and treatment, offering clinical and scientific knowledge, case studies, and policy suggestions intended to help drug users, their families, and communities deal with the problem.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Even in the midst of a period of staggering drug abuse that we can confidently call a crisis, questions about the fundamental nature of addiction, its origins, and its ideal treatments abound. This absence of consensus is the latest plotted point on a centuries-old historical arc: as humans have struggled to define, treat, and control addictive behaviour, stigma and controversy have been the only constants. ... Fisher introduces us the physicians,...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
viii, 232 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A specialist in treating addictions and a former patient outline a method of controlling any kind of addiction--including substance abuse and other compulsive behaviors that mask emotional pain--by understanding the underlying pain.
Publisher
Macmillan Reference USA
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
3rd edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (4 volumes (1656 pages)) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Explores the social, medical, legal and political issues related to drugs and alcohol and associated behaviors. Includes emerging topics and developments in the many fields of addiction studies.
Author
Publisher
Central Recovery Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xxiv, 306 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A lawyer turned therapist examines the chaos many families endure when addiction disrupts their lives. Based in part on her own family's journey, Van Vechten explains the science of addiction, the theory of treatment, and the Twelve-Step model of recovery, providing sensible information and tips for reasoned action in support of a loved one while fostering personal growth and recovery." --Publisher's description.
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