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Gabor Maté on the Opioid Crisis

By Gabor Maté — 2017

As President Trump says he'll declare opioid overdoses a national emergency, physician and author Dr. Gabor Maté says an effective response would address the emotional pain and adverse conditions at the root of addiction.

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This Addiction Treatment Works. Why Is It So Underused?

Steven Kelty had been addicted to crack cocaine for 32 years when he tried a different kind of treatment last year, one so basic in concept that he was skeptical.

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Abby Goodnough
2020
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Addiction

All addictions have the capacity to induce a sense of hopelessness and feelings of failure, as well as shame and guilt, but research documents that recovery is the rule rather than the exception.

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Psychology Today Content Team
2020
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Memoirs of an Addicted Brain: A Neuroscientist Examines His Former Life on Drugs

Marc Lewis recovered from drug addiction and became a developmental psychologist and researcher in neuroscience.

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Marc Lewis
2013
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Parenting through Your Adult Child's Addiction: Making Sense of Treatment, Aftercare, and Recovery Recommendations

A resource for anyone dealing with family members or friends who are going through the process of addiction recovery. No parent imagines their tiny infant growing up to have an addiction. Your once precious child now makes frightening choices and takes terrifying risks.

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Ginny H. Mills
2019
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Voices from the Fallen: True Stories of Addiction, Grief, Recovery, and Courage

Voices from the Fallen takes readers on an intimate journey inside the lives of people who have experienced the hell of addiction, the relentless defeat of relapse, and hope of recovery.

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Michael K. Tourville
2021
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Beyond Addiction: How Science and Kindness Help People Change

Drawing on forty collective years of research and decades of clinical experience, the authors present the best practical advice science has to offer to show family and friends how they can use kindness, positive reinforcement, and motivational and behavioral strategies to help someone change.

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Jeffrey Foote, Carrie Wilkens, Nicole Kosanke, Stephanie Higgs
2014
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts argues persuasively against contemporary health, social, and criminal justice policies toward addiction and those impacted by it.

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Gabor Maté, Peter A. Levine (foreword)
2010
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Unchain Your Brain: 10 Steps to Breaking the Addictions that Steal Your Life

The brain plays a central role in your vulnerability to addiction and your ability to recover. Brain dysfunction is the number-one reason why people fall victim to addiction, why they can't break the chains of addiction, and why they relapse.

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Daniel G. Amen, David E. Smith
2010
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Does My Kid Have a Tech Addiction?

While addiction may make one think of hard drugs or alcohol, activities like video games, social media apps, and sites like YouTube can also become unhealthy addictions.

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Nimah Gobir
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Why People Keep Scrolling When They Say They Are Done with Facebook

Why is it so hard to keep off the app if you have decided you are done with Facebook? Because the platform taps into our societal needs and biological drives to keep us coming back for more, experts say.

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Madeline Holcombe
2021
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