Q: Is Addiction a Brain Disease or a Moral Failing? A: Neither
March 9, 2022
A paper by Nick Heather, 2016 "The article concludes by enthusiastically endorsing [Marc] Lewis’ call for a third stage in the governing image of addiction." N. Heather Abstract "This article uses Marc Lewis’ work as a springboard to discuss the socio-political context of the brain disease model of addiction (BDMA). The claim that promotion of […]
Free Will, Black Swans and Addiction
March 7, 2022
A paper by Ted Fenton & Reinout Wiers, 2016 "... most cases of addiction come as geese in different shades of gray." T. Fenton & R Wiers Abstract "The current dominant perspective on addiction as a brain disease has been challenged recently by Marc Lewis, who argued that the brain-changes related to addiction are similar […]