دانلود کتاب Never enough: the Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction – هرگز کافی نیست: علوم اعصاب و تجربه اعتیاد

توضیحات

From a renowned behavioral neuroscientist and recovered drug addict, an authoritative and accessible guide to understanding drug addiction: clearly explained brain science and vivid personal stories reveal how addiction happens, show why specific drugs–from opioids to alcohol to coke and more–are so hard to kick, and illuminate the path to recovery for addicts, loved ones, caregivers, and crafters of public policy.

Addiction is epidemic and catastrophic. With more than one in every five people over the age of fourteen addicted, drug abuse has been calledthemost formidable health problem worldwide. If we are not victims ourselves, we all know someone struggling with the merciless compulsion to alter their experience by changing how their brain functions.

Drawing on years of research–as well as personal experience as a recovered addict–researcher and professor Judy Grisel has reached a fundamental conclusion: for the addict, there will never be enough drugs. The brain’s capacity to learn and adapt is seemingly infinite, allowing it to counteract any regular disruption, including that caused by drugs. What begins as a normal state punctuated by periods of being high transforms over time into a state of desperate craving that is only temporarily subdued by a fix, explaining why addicts are unable to live either with or without their drug. One by one, Grisel shows how different drugs act on the brain, the kind of experiential effects they generate, and the specific reasons why each is so hard to kick.

Grisel’s insights lead to a better understanding of the brain’s critical contributions to addictive behavior, and will help inform a more rational, coherent, and compassionate response to the epidemic in our homes and communities.

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ترجمه ماشینی :

از یک عصب شناس مشهور رفتاری و معتاد بهبودیافته، یک راهنمای معتبر و در دسترس برای درک اعتیاد به مواد مخدر: علم مغز توضیح داده شده واضح و داستان های شخصی واضح نشان می دهد که چگونه اعتیاد رخ می دهد، نشان می دهد که چرا داروهای خاص – از مواد افیونی گرفته تا الکل تا کوکائو و غیره — بسیار سخت است که لگد زدن به آنها، و روشن کردن راه بهبودی برای معتادان، عزیزان، مراقبان، و صنعتگران سیاست عمومی است.

اعتیاد همه گیر و فاجعه بار است. با توجه به اینکه بیش از یک نفر از هر پنج نفر بالای چهارده سال معتاد است، سوءمصرف مواد مخدرمهم ترین مشکل سلامتی در سراسر جهان نامیده می شود. اگر خودمان قربانی نباشیم، همه ما کسی را می شناسیم که با اجبار بی رحمانه برای تغییر تجربه خود با تغییر نحوه عملکرد مغزش دست و پنجه نرم می کند.