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Addictive Personalities
Dean Hamer, Director of the Gene Structure and Regulation Unit at the National Cancer Institute, talks about so-called "addictive personalities." He explains that the term itself is probably a misnomer, because there is no single personality configu...
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Seductiveness of Mania, The
Professor of psychiatry and author Kay Redfield Jamison explains that the drive to continue experiencing the rush of mania in its early stages is very powerful.
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Web of Addiction: Destructive Effects of Cocaine, The
Cocaine is a reinforcing stimulant drug that is extremely addictive. Users are not satisfied with the same dose day after day; they must have more. The rapid high associated with cocaine can cause disturbances in heart rhythm, heart attacks and stro...