Addiction and the Brain: Knowledge, Beliefs and Ethical Considerations from a Social Perspective

Matilda Hellman; Michael Egerer; Janne Sebastian Stoneham; Sarah Forberger; Vilja Marjatta Männistö; Doris Ochterbeck; Samantha Rundle

doi:10.1007/978-981-19-0946-7

Addiction and the Brain: Knowledge, Beliefs and Ethical Considerations from a Social Perspective

Matilda Hellman, Michael Egerer, Janne Sebastian Stoneham, Sarah Forberger, Vilja Marjatta Männistö, Doris Ochterbeck, Samantha Rundle

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Abstract

This book discusses ways in which references to the brain play a role in conceptualizing addiction. It offers a way of approaching concepts of the brain and neuroscience as influential symbolic material that can help societies progress and deal with addiction in more or less ethically sustainable way. The authors approach references to the brain in a constructionist sense, as a project. This project – the epistemic project of addiction in the brain, EPAB -- advances and comes into being every time human beings refer to the brain as an object of reference for explaining and materializing addiction. The book entails new research regarding how different kinds of experts and stakeholders relate to EPAB. Mass media content, scientific experts, service professionals, out-patient treatment patients and as prevention programs have been studied. While there is consensus regarding the fact that the brain in involved, there is disagreement regarding how this information can and should be used.

Original language	English

Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN (Print)	978-981-19-0945-0
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-19-0946-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0946-7
Publication status	Published - 2022
MoE publication type	C1 Scientific book

Publication series

Name	STS Sociology

Fields of Science

5141 Sociology

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10.1007/978-981-19-0946-7

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