Description
| Product ID: | 9781914484865 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Addicted Brain |
| Title: | The Urge |
| Subtitle: | our history of addiction |
| Authors: | Author: Carl Erik Fisher |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Social and cultural history, Social & cultural history, Philosophy of mind, Popular philosophy, History of ideas, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Ethical issues and debates, Psychology: states of consciousness, Addiction and therapy, Coping with / advice about drug and alcohol problems, Popular psychology, Philosophy of mind, Popular philosophy, History of ideas, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Ethical issues & debates, States of consciousness, Addiction & therapy, Coping with drug & alcohol abuse, Popular psychology |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Millions of us suffer from addiction, including psychiatrist and recovering alcoholic Carl Erik Fisher. But where does this centuries-old behaviour come from and how should we treat it?As a young doctor, Carl Erik Fisher came face to face with his own addiction crisis, one that nearly cost him everything. Now, in The Urge, he investigates the history of this condition; how we have struggled to define, treat, and control it; and how broader understanding and compassion could change people’s lives. The Urge is at once an eye-opening history of ideas, a riveting personal story of addiction and recovery, and a clinician’s urgent call for a more expansive, nuanced view of one of society’s most intractable challenges. |
| Imprint Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Publisher Name: | Scribe Publications |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-01-12 |
