Addiction neurobiology
Subtitle: ethical and social implications
By: European Monitoring Centre for Drug and Drug Addiction ; editorial group, Adrian Carter, Benjamin Capps and Wayne Hall
Contributors: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Series: EMCDDA monographs -- 9; EMCDDA scientific monograph series -- 9.
Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Luxembourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9789291683475
Description: This report reviews developments in the neuroscience of addiction, explores how they might affect the way we view and treat drug problems, and considers the issues that they raise for drug policy in Europe.  In language that is easily accessible, the report presents the complex brain processes involved in addition and the ethical implications inherent to current addiction research.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-179).

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Table of contents: title: What is addiction? / Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall and Benjamin Capps; title: The neurobiology of addiction / Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall and David Nutt; title: The treatment of addiction / Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall and David Nutt; title: Human rights, ethical values and the implications of current addiction research / Benjamin Capps and Richard Ashcroft; title: New developments in the treatment of addiction / Adrian Carter, ... [et al.]; title: Conclusions and possible implications of advances in addiction neurobiology for future drug policies / Benjamin Capps, ... [et al.].