A paradigm-shifting book about addiction from the foremost science writer in the field
Maia Szalavitz is one of the premier American journalists covering addiction and drugs. She is co-author of Born for Love and The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, both with Dr. Bruce D. Perry. Her book, Help at Any Cost is the first book-length exposé of the "tough love" business that dominates addiction treatment. She writes for TIME.com, the New York Times, New York Magazine, Scientific American, Elle, Psychology Today and Marie Claire among others.
"Maia Szalavitz is one of the bravest, smartest writers about
addiction anywhere. Everything she writes should be read carefully
- I guarantee you'll have a lot to think about, and you'll know far
more than at the start."
- Johann Hari, New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the
Scream "Maia Szalavitz is one of our most incisive thinkers about
neuroscience in general and addiction in particular and her writing
is astonishingly clear and compelling. In the timely, important,
and insightful Unbroken Brain, Szalavitz seamlessly interweaves her
moving personal story with her investigation into what addiction is
(and isn't) and how we can most effectively prevent and treat it."
--David Sheff, New York Times bestselling author of Clean and
Beautiful Boy "Through the lens of her own gripping story of
addiction - supported with empirical evidence - Szalavitz
persuasively shows that addiction is a disorder of learning, not
one characterized by progressive brain dysfunction." --Carl Hart,
Ph.D., author of the Pen/Faulkner award-winning High Price: A
Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges
Everything You Know About Drugs and Society "Of the countless
writers out there who's focus is addiction, no one can begin to
touch the brilliance of Maia Szalavitz. She is by far my favorite
addiction writer, perhaps one of my favorite writers ever. Her
passion and exceptional writing talent combined with her exhaustive
research, create a book that will inspire, educate, enrage, and
entertain. I can only promise one thing: if you read this book, you
will never be the same again."
--Kristen Johnston, actress, author of the New York Times
bestselling memoir Guts, addiction advocate, founder of SLAM, NYC
"As more professionals realize that addiction isn't really a
disease, our challenge is to determine exactly what it is.
Szalavitz catalogs the latest scientific knowledge of the
biological, environmental and social causes of addiction and
explains precisely how they interact over development. The theory
is articulate and tight, yet made accessible and compelling through
the author's harrowing autobiography. Unbroken Brain provides the
most comprehensive and readable explanation of addiction I've yet
to see." --Marc Lewis, author of The Biology of Desire "... a new
way of looking at drug addiction that offers a fresh approach to
managing it. [Salavitz] writes frankly about her background .... In
a heartfelt manner, she exposes her own fears and pain ... A dense
blending of self-exposure, surprising statistics, and solid science
reporting that presents addiction as a misunderstood coping
mechanism, a problem whose true nature is not yet recognized by
policymakers or the public." --Kirkus "Szalavitz makes a novel and
even beautiful proposal. Addiction, she hypothesizes, is a
developmental disorder. Specifically, it is a learning disorder." -
npr.org "Journalist Szalavitz offers a multifaceted, ground-up
renovation of the concept of addiction--both its causes and its
cures."-Publishers Weekly "Anyone who has battled addiction or seen
it harm a loved one will gain insights from "Unbroken Brain," and
if it influences policymakers, too, everyone will
benefit."-Associated Press "Ms. Szalavitz deftly threads her life
story through the book to illustrate the dynamics that put people
at risk of addiction." - The Wall Street Journal "Szalavitz makes a
novel and even beautiful proposal. Addiction, she hypothesizes, is
a developmental disorder. Specifically, it is a learning disorder.
. . .[Szalavitz] explores problems with the criminalization of
drugs, the place of racism in our culture's treatment of drugs and
addiction, and she looks closely and illuminatingly at different
treatment methods. There's a lot of news you can use in this book
if you or someone you love is an addict." - npr.org
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