Description: With compassion and deep understanding based on more than 25 years of clinical practice, Dr. Dodes provides readers with the keys to mastering their addiction by helping them uncover: why they feel the impulse, why they feel it when they do; and what they can do to address these emotional needs in another way.
Brief description:
Lance Dodes, MD, is assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in the Division on Addictions. He has been director of the substance abuse treatment unit of Harvard's McLean Hospital and director of the Boston Center for Problem Gambling. He has been elected a distinguished fellow of the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry.
Review Quotes:
"In this courageous and pioneering text, Dr. Dodes has produced a depth analysis and new way of understanding addictions for patients and clinicians alike . . . The Heart of Addiction distinguishes itself from other self-help books by not trying to supply pat, superficial answers . . . I have no doubt readers will be able to apply these unique ideas to their own lives." - Edward Hallowell, author of Driven to Distraction, Worry, and Connect
"In a field rife with misinformation, this book represents a bright beacon of light... I recommend it wholeheartedly." - The Psychoanalytic Quarterly