pdf | 7.71 MB | English| Isbn:9781451602289 | Author: Kenneth Blum | Year: 2010
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Category:Social Sciences, Medicine & Nursing, Psychology, Self-Help & Relationships, Sociology, Medicine, Social Problems, Basic Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Psychology - Theory, History & Research, Clinical Psychology, Personal Growth, Psychological Disorders, Drugs & Controlled Substances - Social Aspects, Genetics, Neurology, Neuropsychology & Neuropsychiatry, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychopharmacology, Self-Improvement, Substance Use & Abuse, Substance Use & Abuse - Medical Aspects, Toxicology, Treatment - General & Miscellaneous - PsychologyAn understanding of the nature and progression of alcohol addiction has emerged: alcoholism as the result of an imbalance in the brain's natural production of neurotransmitters critical to our sense of wellbeing. This imbalance, which an increasing amount of evidence is demonstrating to be genetically influenced, produces a craving temporarily satisfied by drinking. Alcohol and the Addictive Brain is an account of the scientific discoveries concerning alcoholism.