Brainmarks of Addiction: The Story Behind the Story

Based upon cutting edge, peer-reviewed research into addiction, this book addresses the ongoing efficacy of the powerful and endogenous chemical pathways, systems, and connections of the brain highlighted by ‘The Dopamine System’, the most dominant chemical pathway of addiction.

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Over half of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is devoted to adolescent dysfunction, disorder, and addiction.
Addictionologists agree that addiction is a young person's game. Shockingly, the most vulnerable group is between the ages of 14 and 24 years of age. What has not been known to the general public is young adults between the ages of 25 to 34 are still far from being out of the woods. Brainmarks of Addiction: The Story Behind the Story presents the various factors that lead to this susceptibility of addiction.
Brainmarks of Addiction: The Story Behind the Story:


Addresses the ongoing efficacy of the powerful and endogenous chemical pathways, systems, and connections of the brain highlighted by 'The Dopamine System' the most dominant chemical pathway of addiction.
Is based upon cutting edge, peer-reviewed research into addiction from several sources, including the National Institute of Drug Abuse, The Mayo Clinic and the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health, and Addiction, National Institute of Mental Health, and the Drug Enforcement Agency among others.
Presents the medico/psychological/behavioral model referenced to as the neurobehavioral perspective in understanding intoxication and addiction.