| The Heroin Stimulus: Implications for a Theory of Addiction Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Meyer, R. E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1468434284 ISBN-13: 9781468434286 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Psychiatry - General |
| Dewey: 616.89 |
| Physical Information: 0.59" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.87 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The simple fact that the authors were able to give injectable heroin to volunteers for addictive self-administration at a Harvard facility may elude the notice it deserves. On the other hand, resec: irch questions center- ing on whether heroin is linked to a craving for pleasure or relief of pain might raise the transplanted hackles of those who simplistically see scien- tists as pursuing only transparent trivialities. In truth, this report is about a historical and pioneering step in clinical research on a major unsolved problem of the biological-social-psychological roots of addiction. The research questions posed are clearly relevant both to the design of effec- tive treatments (and treatment policy) and to the basic science search that could help our understanding of how addictive drugs capture such power- ful control over behavior. Heroin was synthesized and has been available, along with aspirin, for over three-quarters of a century. Yet with all the tools of Western sci- ence, and with the enormous and growing social, personal, and economic costs of world-wide heroin use, we-surprisingly-- |
