Chapter
Genetic Influences on Addiction: Alcoholism as an Exemplar
Abstract
Leading addiction researchers survey the latest findings in addiction science, countering the simplistic cultural stereotypes of the addict. The image of the addict in popular culture combines victimhood and moral failure; we sympathize with addicts in films and novels because of their suffering and their hard-won knowledge. And yet actual scientific knowledge about addiction tends to undermine this cultural construct. In What Is Addiction?, …
Authors
MacKillop J; McGeary JE; Ray LA
Book title
What Is Addiction?
Pagination
pp. 53-98
Publisher
MIT Press
Publication Date
February 5, 2010
DOI
10.7551/mitpress/8439.003.0004