Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

Durante siglos, la humanidad ha conocido y utilizado una misma planta bajo multiples nombres, usos y significados.

The number one Sunday Times bestseller'Bursting with positivity and hope' - Ben FogleWalking saved his life.

John O'Kane delivers a gripping tale of a life dedicated to football violence and gives an unparalled insight into the reality of being a career hooligan.

"e;Este manual en ningun momento pretende reemplazar al profesional de la salud.

States have tremendous power to protect their residents' health.

For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer.

For more than fifty years, we have been waging, but not winning, the war on cancer.

States have tremendous power to protect their residents' health.

Ben Goldacre's wise and witty bestseller, shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize, lifts the lid on quack doctors, flaky statistics, scaremongering journalists and evil pharmaceutical corporations.

NEUROSPICYThey call ADHD an illness.

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Addictions to iphones, painkillers, cupcakes, alcohol and sex are taking over our lives.

Getting clean was just the beginning.

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Have you ever questioned why, despite the avalanche of self-help books and optimization hacks, we remain embroiled in multiple global health crises?

There is no meant to be but the love I ve known has made it hard to believe thatAn inventive, funny and deeply moving family epic: a love story, an elegy and a reminder that even in the mess of family and memory there is something to laugh aboutAN OBSERVER NON-FICTION BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026'A wild ride' JON McGREGOR'Raw and intimate, so daring and disobedient SARAH HALL'The most beautiful and truthful song to the pain present in a good life' EVIE WYLDJarred McGinnis was born to a Southern US clan where masculinity, resilience and physical violence were intertwined.

Renowned sociologist and best-selling author Eric Klinenberg turns a year of devastation into a year of revelation in this wise, deeply researched and cathartic account of the pandemic.

Beautifully wrought and staggeringly urgent , Fragile Minds documents Bella Jackson's time as a trainee mental health nurse, and the devastation and hope she encountered in winding corridors and behind locked doors.

For the last 50 years, drug prohibition laws have put the market for illegal drugs into the hands of organised criminals.

Taut, lyrical and utterly gripping - the internationally award-winning and bestselling debutA fizzing headrush of a novel about four boys coming of age on the deprived outskirts of Oslo'A gut punch of a debut [in] hurricane prose' Times Literary Supplement'Raw and unfiltered, I was hooked from the very first page' Service95Last night i got woke up by marco ringing, and he was crying, he said, he died ivor, he died, and i didnt need to hear who to know, i just hung up.

A fairer, healthier, more caring and sustainable society is entirely within our grasp.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The funniest book ever written about wanting to drink yourself to death' Lou Sanders'Insightful and intelligent.

The Sunday Times bestseller with all the strategies you need to prevent pain and fuel your body to its fullest health potential.

From the bestselling author of This Naked MindIt's YOUR body.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Bella's brilliant love letter to running turns into an extraordinarily brave and frank account of her battle with anxiety.

Sugar is addictive, toxic and everywhere.

Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?

A practical guide to taking control of your mental health for today, tomorrow, and the days after, from the Sunday Times bestselling author and beloved entertainer'There's a moment at the end of every day, where the world falls away and you are left alone with your thoughts.

La lugubre atmosfera de un pueblo de montana, cualquier lugar en Centroeuropa, y un tiempo indefinido del que la autora apenas deja entrever alguna coordenada, son los coprotagonistas de esta historia en la que amor y crueldad se atan firme y faltamente.

Este libro, primero de una trilogía producto de la investigación "El desarrollo de la capacidad de agencia y la reconfiguración emocional en adictos en proceso de 'rehabilitación'.

 De la mano de un destacado experto en adicciones, esta es una historia provocadora y singular sobre cómo las grandes multinacionales se han orientado hacia el centro de recompensa de nuestro cerebro, llevándonos a adicciones que van desde los analgésicos hasta los Big Macs, pasando por Assassin's Creed, Snapchat o la pornografía.

 ¿Hay algo en nuestro cerebro capaz de hacernos consumir alcohol y otras drogas de forma compulsiva?

La noticia cayó por sorpresa, inevitable, e irreparable: el Alzheimer de su madre, "La Negra Llanos".

Deja entrar la luz es una historia estremecedora de la realidad actual: el narcotráfico, el micro tráfico y sus últimas consecuencias, la adicción y el pequeño porcentaje de aquellos que la superan.

Nacido en una zona rural de Alabama, hijo de un chapero drogadicto y una madre soltera, Gucci Mane empezó a vender drogas en séptimo curso y a rapear a los 14 años.

Algo le pasaba a Peter.

Libro informativo que aborda el origen del VIH, sus antecedentes en Chile, las nociones fundamentales de la enfermedad, principales dudas y mitos, así como la prevención de su transmisión, entre otros aspectos relevantes.

Cuando un hijo desarrolla una adicción, las familias se enfrentan a una batalla inimaginable: debensobrevivir aunque el adicto siga consumiendo.

La mercantilización del placer es uno de los rasgos de la sociedad actual.

 Caída libre   no es otro dramón sobre la adicción, es un chute de realidad con tacones de aguja.

El fenómeno de las adicciones trasciende al consumo problemático de sustancias.

Se trata del primer sistema de autoayuda científica que te permitirá mejorar diferentes aspectos de tu vida, de manera sencilla y directa.

We all face moments when life's currents pull us under—unexpected challenges, hidden battles, and silent storms that test the very core of who we are.

Ob Alkohol, Cannabis oder Kokain - der Konsum von legalen und illegalen Drogen nimmt spurbar zu.

Un fenomeno alarmante se instala socialmente: el suicidio y las conductas autolesivas en ninos y adolescentes.

Es ist ein klassisches Experiment aus der Suchtforschung: Man gibt Ratten mehrfach eine Droge wie Heroin.

Emotionale Abhangigkeit: Abhangigkeiten im Beziehungs- und Gefuhlsleben erkennen, verstehen und auflosen und zu gesunden Beziehungen in Freiheit gelangen Haltst du an einer Beziehung fest, von der du tief in deinem Inneren ahnst, dass sie dir nicht guttut?

Stimme im Kopf-Coming-of-Age-Roman der ‹Generation Y›-Zürich von unten: Leben auf der Strasse- Temporeiche Geschichte über Jugend und SchizophrenieDer 20-jährige Sebastian leidet unter akustischen Halluzinationen.

Jessica needs a fix.

The inside story of the race to develop Ozempic - the world's first truly effective and safe obesity drug - and its potentially revolutionary effects on public health, and our deeper culture and values.