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Begel, Amy Cacioppo, Stephanie Fisher, Helen E. Purvis, Karyn B. (Karyn Brand) Walker, BethSummary: "'Is addiction really a disease?' In this high-definition video essay, Kevin McCauley explores the arguments for and against this vital debate, reviewing the latest neuroscientific research about addiction along the way. Using the spectacular landscape of Utah's State and National Parks to describe the brain areas involved in addiction, Dr. McCauley turns complex neuroscientific concepts into...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Institute for Addiction Study 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PLECacioppo, Stephanie
Summary: "From the world's foremost neuroscientist of romantic love comes a personal story of connection and heartbreak that brings new understanding to an old truth: better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. At thirty-seven, Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo was content to be single. She was fulfilled by her work on the neuroscience of romantic love-how finding and growing with a partner...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Flatiron Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CACIOPPO, STEPHANIE CACSummary: "America is in the midst of the deadliest drug epidemic in US history. In 2017 alone, around 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, driven by a dramatic rise in the abuse of opioids like OxyContin, heroin, and fentanyl. It's a slow-motion disaster that is destroying whole communities, with no end in sight. As our nation looks for answers, take an unflinching look at the epidemic through the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ADDFisher, Helen E.
Summary: Profiles four broad personality types that are determined by brain chemistry to explain why people are attracted to specific partners, offering advice on how to pursue romantic relationships in accordance with natural compatibilities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 155.2 FISPurvis, Karyn B. (Karyn Brand)
Summary: Offers parents practical advice on how to welcome an adopted child into their family, with tips for coping with common problems, building affection and trust, dealing with learning or behavioral disorders, and disciplining an adoptive child without harming the parent-child relationship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw-Hill 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 649.145 PurviSummary: "Go behind the scenes and watch as Mark Hyman, M.D. explains how the latest research reveals that your mood problems, memory problems and trouble focusing ... even your depression, anxiety, ADD, autism and Alzheimer's are NOT all in your head. The solution to these problems lie inside your BODY. By fixing your body FIRST, you will awaken your body's natural intelligence allowing it to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: UltraWellness 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.89 HymBegel, Amy
Summary: "The medical model of mental health reduces human distress to a problem of brain chemistry and ignores the vital role of relationships. Here, two therapists invite you into their office to see how symptoms like depression are embedded in family dynamics and healed through family therapy"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation BegelWalker, Beth
Contents: AD/HD: what does it mean, anyway? -- Geography of the wired brain -- Brain chemistry -- A bad case of teenager brain -- Emotions: too many, too often -- Putting the treat back into treatment, part I -- Putting the treat back into treatment, part II -- The good stuff -- Family -- Friendship, love, and a little about sex -- School -- Friendship and school stories -- The lightbulb has to want to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Woodbine House 2004