By Louis Teresi MD
Hijacking the mind examines facts supplied by way of fresh speedy development within the fields of neuroscience, neuroimaging, psychology, sociobiology and interpersonal neurobiology that experience given us new, dramatic insights into the neural and hormonal correlates of tension and dependancy, cognitive decline with dependancy, in addition to for the relative good fortune of Twelve-Step courses of restoration.
Addiction is famous by means of specialists as an natural mind illness, and most mavens advertise Twelve-Step courses (AA, NA, CA, etc.) which invoke a 'spiritual answer' for restoration. to this point, nobody has defined ""why"" those courses paintings. 'Hijack' tells us why. In 'Hijack,' the function of 'working the stairs' for decreasing tension and turning into emotionally established is mentioned intensive. an entire bankruptcy is dedicated to the profitable and comforting body structure of meditation and the non secular event. the writer makes use of examples from animal sociobiology, in addition to subtle human brain-imaging reports, to illustrate that empathic socialization and altruism are instinctive and 'naturally worthwhile' and, besides Step paintings, act instead for the 'synthetic rewards' of gear of abuse.
'Hijack' doesn't problem the stairs or the Traditions of Twelve-Step courses. the only purpose of Hijacking the mind is to 'connect the dots' among an 'organic mind disorder' and a 'spiritual answer' with sound actual, medical facts. keeping off strict medical language up to attainable, 'Hijack' is written for the layperson and abundantly illustrated."
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