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Bulletin de Périodique
BioSocieties , Vol.5, n°1 - 2010 - Special Issue: Drugs, addiction and society
Paru le :
01/03/2010
Année
2010
Langue(s) :
Anglais
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Addressing the issues examined in the introduction, this article suggests an integrative 'cultural biology of addiction', which aims at encouraging a continuing dialogue between neuroscientists and those engaged in social studies of addiction. T[...]
Discoveries in basic science have helped us understand the drug abuse/dependence/addiction brain disorder. One can view this brain disorder as a long-lasting, relapsing pattern of drug seeking and taking with adverse consequences. Drug self-admi[...]
This article contributes to cultural theorizations of the regulation of deviant forms of thought and behaviour through an analysis of scientific accounts of, and approaches to, managing 'behavioural addictions'. Much cultural analysis assumes th[...]
This article examines 'the NIDA paradigm', the theory that addiction is a chronic, relapsing brain disease characterized by loss of control over drug taking. I critically review the official history of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)[...]