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Author Winship, Gary

Title Addictive Personalities and Why People Take Drugs : the Spike and the Moon / Gary Winship ; on behalf of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
Published London, UK : Karnac, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 124 pages)
Series UKCP
UKCP
Contents 1. Fixing the pill mentality -- 2. Creation myths and breast junkies : in search of milk and honey -- 3. "Dracula" : from Stoker's classic of compulsion to Arthur's dark room -- 4. The Prometheus Syndrome : addiction, death, and the liver in mind -- 5. The pleasure paradox : nirvana and death dependency -- 6. Major Tom, Lucy, Bion, and the psychotic vacuum
Summary 'Why do we take drugs? I haven't the faintest idea, but Gary Winship has a damned good go at telling me the answer. Some might say this is a largely academic book, but as an ex-psychiatric nurse and a Jo Public for the last twenty-five years, I'd say there's something in here for everyone. We've all taken drugs at some point in our lives (except, perhaps, my grandma) so one way to find out why is by reading this fascinating book.'- Jo Brand, comic, author, and actress
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Subject Compulsive behavior -- Psychological aspects
Drug abuse -- Psychological aspects
Compulsive behavior -- Patients
Dependency (Psychology)
Substance-Related Disorders -- psychology
Dependency, Psychological
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL -- Neurology.
Compulsive behavior -- Patients
Compulsive behavior -- Psychological aspects
Dependency (Psychology)
Drug abuse -- Psychological aspects
Form Electronic book
Author United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.
ISBN 9781849409452
1849409455
0429471580
9780429471582
1283341549
9781283341547
9786613341549
6613341541