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Index
COVER
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT
DEDICATION
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I | A Few Fries Short of a Happy Meal
1. The Garden of Earthly Delights
2. Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
PART II | Reward—The Agony of Ecstasy
3. Desire and Dopamine, Pleasure and Opioids
4. Killing Jiminy: Stress, Fear, and Cortisol
5. The Descent into Hades
6. The Purification of Addiction
PART III | Contentment—The Bluebird of Happiness
7. Contentment and Serotonin
8. Picking the Lock to Nirvana
9. What You Eat in Private You Wear in Public
10. Self-Inflicted Misery: The Dopamine-Cortisol-Serotonin Connection
PART IV | Slaves to the Machine: How Did We Get Hacked?
11. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
12. Gross National Unhappiness
13. Extreme Makeover—Washington Edition
14. Are You “Lovin’ It”? Or “Liking It”?
15. The Death Spiral
PART V | Out of Our Minds—In Search of the Four Cs
16. Connect (Religion, Social Support, Conversation)
17. Contribute (Self-Worth, Altruism, Volunteerism, Philanthropy)
18. Cope (Sleep, Mindfulness, Exercise)
19. Cook (for Yourself, Your Friends, Your Family)
Epilogue
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
GLOSSARY
NOTES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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