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Latest book by Dr Mark Gillman – How the Brain Controls all Pleasures Including Sex, Food, Drugs, Rock ‘n Roll and Others
‘You can only experience pleasure if you can compare it with something’
‘Emotions are the stuff of life, without them life would be extremely dull.’
‘Falling in love should not be taken lightly’
‘Most addicts take drugs and/or alcohol because they stimulate the same pleasure pathways of the brain as those activated during our natural pleasures’
‘Eating and drinking are evolutionarily important and therefore produce pleasure, but too much of a good thing can lead to health problems like obesity’
‘Exploring the pain pleasure continuum’
Shopping addiction – ‘the urge to shop till you drop’
May I have this dance? Music and dance as abstract pleasures and the effects of music on the brain
Pleasure of love and sex – ‘literature, art and music are steeped in descriptions of love and sex’
Drug addiction and alcoholism – The coach that carries the ‘hurt’ element is seldom far behind the pleasure wagon
‘Eating disorders and obesity’ – two sides of the same coin
Emotions and feelings – without the emotions that colour our lives life would be dull indeed
Gambling addiction – ‘the hope that by putting something at risk we will get something of greater benefit’
Computer addiction – the LSD of the 1980s
Addiction and dependence and the effects of drugs on the brain – some drugs, if used regularly, and for some time, cause behavioural changes in the user
Romantic love, sex and attachment as physiological addictions
Love, lust, attachment and drug addiction
Psychotropic Nitrous Oxide
Summary
What is PAN?
Advantages of PAN
Therapy
Gaseous Neurotransmission
Pain Control
Novel Addiction
Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological and Psychiatric Conditions
Conclusion
Further Reading and References
Scientific Basis
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