Craving for ecstasy and natural highs
Subtitle: a positive approach to mood alteration
By: Harvey B. Milkman, Stanley Sunderwirth.
Contributors: Sunderwirth, Stanley G.
Publisher: Sage Publications; Sage Publications, Inc
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412956734
Subjects: Adjustment (Psychology); Compulsive behavior; Mood (Psychology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Addiction to experience; title: Pleasure and the brain; title: Hey, what's in this stuff anyway?; title: The great psychiatric tavern; title: Self-medication; title: Eating for a change; title: Stress hormone highs; title: Rock around the clock; title: Virtual reality and electronic bogeymen; title: Fantasy and the drug experience; title: Compelled by fantasy; title: Love or addiction; title: Marijuana : reefer madness revisited; title: Romantic sex fantasy; title: The voyage of hardship and suffering; title: The cognitive-behavioral revolution : how to manage thoughts, feelings and behaviors; title: Maintaining close and intmate relationships; title: Relaxation, mindfullness and meditation; title: Eating yourself fit; title: Exercise : the magic bullet; title: Meaningful engagement of talents.