The Biology of Desire: Why Addiction Is Not a Disease

by Marc Lewis

Book Overview

Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery.

The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610394372
• ISBN13: 9781610394376
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.4"