This book offers an accessible and comprehensive yet compact description of various forms of addiction, a disorder suffered by one in every 10 people in the United States.
Now thought of as a brain disorder, addiction affects millions of individuals, their families, and society at large.
This supportive and authoritative reference will be of solid use to students, beginning researchers, and family members of addicts looking for broad guidance.
Frances R. Frankenburg, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. She is author of several books, including
Brain Robbers: How Alcohol, Cocaine, Nicotine, and Opiates Have Changed Human History.