From the Book - 2nd edition.
ch. 1. What addiction is and what it is not
ch. 2. Is drug addiction a chronic medical brain disease?
ch. 3. How do they diagnose the disease of addiction?
ch. 4. Basically, how does the brain work?
ch. 5. Where and how does addiction occur?
ch. 6. Genetics: mom and dad's contributions
ch.7. Drugs that stimulate and depress us
ch.8. Alcohol, our most popular legal drug
ch. 9. Other drugs that turn us on
ch. 10. The treatment of addiction should be easy, right?
ch. 11. Treating addiction: what are the choices?
ch.12. Addiction research: good news and bad news
ch.13. What's exciting about future addiction research?
Appendix A. Alcohol concepts for the aspiring neuropharmacologist
Drug concepts for the aspiring neuropharmacologist
Appendix A : Alcohol concepts affecting neurobiology and treatment
Appendix B : Drug concepts affecting neurobiology and treatment
Terminology and characterization of "addiction"
Anatomy and neurobiology of chemical dependence
The genetics of chemical dependence
Stimulants and depressants
Dependence disease treatment
The power and limitations of addiction research
Evidence-based research for the future
Alcohol concepts affecting neurobiology and treatment
Drug concepts affecting neurobiology and treatment.
