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Addiction is a significant health and social problem and one of the largest preventable causes of disease globally. Neuroscience promises to revolutionise our ability to treat addiction, lead to recognition of addiction as a 'real' disorder in need of medical treatment and thereby reduce stigma and discrimination. However, neuroscience raises numerous social and ethical challenges: • If addicted individuals are suffering from a brain disease that drives them to drug use, should we mandate treatment? • Does addiction impair an individual's ability to consent to research or treatment? • How will neuroscience affect social policies towards drug use? Addiction Neuroethics addresses these challenges by examining ethical implications of emerging neurobiological treatments, including: novel psychopharmacology, neurosurgery, drug vaccines to prevent relapse, and genetic screening to identify individuals who are vulnerable to addiction. Essential reading for academics, clinicians, researchers and policy-makers in the fields of addiction, mental health and public policy.

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Book category Books in English Medicine Other branches of medicine Therapy & therapeutics

• Full title: Addiction Neuroethics
• Subtitle: The Promises and Perils of Neuroscience Research on Addiction
• Author: Adrian Carter
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 364
• EAN: 9781107003248
• ISBN: 1107003245
• ID: 04419192
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 700 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. November 2011

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