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Title:

Overcoming addiction : paths toward recovery / [medical editor, Howard J. Shaffer, Ph.D, C.A.S. ; editor, Christine Junge ; writer, Julie Corliss ; editor, special health reports, Kathleen Cahill Allison].

Publisher:

Harvard Health Publications,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

49 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Substance abuse.
Compulsive behavior.
Substance abuse--Treatment.
Compulsive behavior--Treatment.

Other Authors:

Shaffer, Howard, 1948-
Junge, Christine.
Corliss, Julie.
Allison, Kathleen Cahill.
Harvard Medical School. Health Publications Group.

Notes:

Cover title. New Book -- July -- 2013

Contents:

The problem of addiction -- What is addiction? -- How people develop addiction -- Recovering from addiction -- Working with a therapist -- Nicotine -- Alcohol -- Prescription drugs -- Illegal drugs : marijuana, cocaine, and heroin -- Gambling and other behavioral expressions of addiction -- Special bonus section: gender and age differences in addiction -- When a loved one has addiction.

ISBN:

1614010013
9781614010012

OCLC:

(OCoLC)773375745

Locations:

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)