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3069669The Biology of Desirehttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-biology-of-desire-9781610394383/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2283895/29f6c413-2d59-4532-87c8-aa79acb2b85a.jpg?v=638383764270400000247290MXNPublicAffairsInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A renowned neuroscientist provides an unorthodox but enlightening (<em>Wall Street Journal)</em> narrative of how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it</strong></p><p>Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientistand former addict himselfexplains why the disease model of addiction is wrong and how it obstructs the path to recovery. Combining intimate human examples with clearly rendered scientific explanations, <em>The Biology of Desire</em> is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.</p>...3006095The Biology of Desire247290https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-biology-of-desire-9781610394383/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2283895/29f6c413-2d59-4532-87c8-aa79acb2b85a.jpg?v=638383764270400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20159781610394383_W3siaWQiOiJiM2Q0MGE5MS01MDA5LTQ2NzUtOGU0Yy1hZWU4NmEwZWI0ZjgiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI5MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQzLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI0NywiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781610394383_<p><strong>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.</strong></p><p>The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in <em>The Biology of Desire</em>, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing.</p><p>Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what its supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world thats not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.</p>...(*_*)9781610394383_<p><strong>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.</strong></p><p>The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in <em>The Biology of Desire</em>, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing.</p><p>Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what its supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world thats not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.</p>...(*_*)9781610394383_<p><strong>Through the vivid, true stories of five addicts, a neuroscientist explains how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it.</strong></p><p>Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientistand former addict himselfexplains why the disease model of addiction is wrong and how it obstructs the path to recovery. Combining intimate human examples with clearly rendered scientific explanations, <em>The Biology of Desire</em> is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.</p>...(*_*)9781610394383_<p><strong>A renowned neuroscientist provides an unorthodox but enlightening (<em>Wall Street Journal)</em> narrative of how addiction happens in the brain, and what we can do to overcome it</strong></p><p>Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientistand former addict himselfexplains why the disease model of addiction is wrong and how it obstructs the path to recovery. Combining intimate human examples with clearly rendered scientific explanations, <em>The Biology of Desire</em> is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.</p>...9781610394383_PublicAffairslibro_electonico_c7d8852e-aa9b-3ff8-b46c-fa4d42dd707d_9781610394383;9781610394383_9781610394383Marc Lewis,InglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/hachetteuk-epub-8de4062b-94ae-4f28-acc8-4f9db5c72327.epub2015-07-14T00:00:00+00:00PublicAffairs