Books About Addiction And The Brain. A quick look at the 15 best mental health books: Sterling (goodreads author) 3.82 avg rating β 373 ratings.
An explanation of the brain disease of addiction (2010) in pleasure unwoven, kevin mccauley a pioneer in the field of addiction treatment becomes very creative in his portrayal of addiction as a disease. The body keeps the score. The diseases of addiction (drug addiction or alcoholism) change cells in the brain, thereby changing how the brain works.
In particular, the sensitization of brain dopamine mechanisms of βwantingβ (incentive salience) amplifies temptation for addicts to a level.
Addiction does not break a brain, nor is it caused by a broken one. Remembering the things i drank to forget by sarah hepola Common neurobiological elements are emphasized that provide novel insights into how the brain mediates the acute rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and how it changes during the transition from initial drug use to compulsive drug use and addiction. βdavidia jones, a nerdy child of poverty, is abused by her alcoholic mother and despicable father and is the subject of merciless taunting at her high school.