Shepard Siegel

The Ghost in the Addict

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Produktbeschreibung

"Based on 40 years of research and shedding new light on possible treatments for addiction, Siegel presents a compelling overview of the role of learning and Pavlovian condistioning in drug addiction"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 133mm x 202mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 186g
• ISBN-13: 9780262547970
• ISBN-10: 026254797X
• Artikelnr.: 68886219

Autorenporträt

Shepard Siegel is Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behavior at McMaster University. He has been a Fellow in the American Psychological Association, the Society of Experimental Psychologists, and the Royal Society of Canada. From 2003 to 2008 he was Editor of Learning & Behavior.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
1 The Haunting of the Addict 1
2 The Failure of Legislation 5
3 The Heroin Overdose Mystery 11
4 Why Addicts Usually Don’t Overdose 25
5 Why Addicts Sometimes Overdose: Opiate Expectancy and Effects 31
6 Ivan P. Pavlov, Walter B. Cannon, and Homeostasis 43
7 Learning and Drug Tolerance 49
8 Alcohol Expectancy and Alcohol’s Effect 57
9 Victimized by Pavlovian Conditioning 67
10 The Geographic Cure 81
11 Expected and Unexpected Drugs 95
12 Evocative Effects of a Small Drug Dose 107
13 Images, Cognitions, and Emotions as Cues For Drugs 113
14 Problems with Treating Addiction 117
15 The Special Case of Cigarettes 127
16 Why Doesn’t Everyone Become an Addict? 131
17 Does Addiction Result in Brain Damage? 137
18 To Be Addicted 143
Notes 147
Index 175