Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. What is addiction?; 3. The neurobiology of addiction; 4. Neurobiological treatments of addiction; 5. Autonomy, addiction and the public good; 6. Autonomy and the capacity to consent to addiction treatment; 7. The rights of individuals treated for drug, alcohol and tobacco addiction; 8. Coerced treatment of addiction; 9. Ethics of addiction research; 10. New developments in the treatment of addiction; 11. In search of a neurobiological 'cure' of addiction; 12. Preventing addiction and personalised addiction treatment; 13. Feeling 'better than well'; 14. The implications of addiction neurobiology for public policy; 15. Concluding remarks; Index.

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Addresses the social and ethical challenges raised by the promise of neuroscience to revolutionise the treatment of addiction.

About the Author

Adrian Carter is NHMRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Addiction Neuroethics Unit, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Brisbane, Australia. Wayne Hall is NHMRC Australia Fellow, Addiction Neuroethics Unit, University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, and Queensland Brain Institute, Brisbane, Australia.