Cover of Addiction

Book 2010

Addiction

4 readers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Language
English
Published
2010
  • Compulsive behavior
  • Habit breaking
  • Psychology
  • Drug addiction
  • Choice (Psychology)
  • Addicts

"In a book sure to inspire controversy, Gene Heyman argues that conventional wisdom about addiction--that it is a disease, a compulsion beyond conscious control--is wrong. Drawing on psychiatric epidemiolioral economics, Heyman makes a powerful case that addiction is voluntary."--P. [4] of cover.