Received wisdom regarding the roles of craving and dopamine in addiction: A response to lewis's critique of addiction: A disorder of choice

Perspectives on Psychological Science

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-160

  Heyman, Gene M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Craving; Dopamine; Drug dependence; Recovery; Remission rates; Treatment seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051811789     PISSN: 17456916     EISSN: 17456924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1745691611400243     Document Type: Review

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