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Theory of addiction / Robert West and Jamie Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- West, Robert, 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Substance abuse.
- Compulsive behavior.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2013.
- Summary:
- The word 'addiction' these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is an unhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by many different factors - physiological, psychological, environmental and social. If we say that it is all about X, we miss V, W, Y and Z. So, some people think addicts are using drugs to escape from unhappy lives, feelings of anxiety and so on; many are. Some people think drugs become addictive because they alter the brain chemistry to create powerful urges; that is often true.
- Contents:
- Introduction: journey to the centre of addiction
- Definition, theory and observation
- Beginning the journey: addiction as choice
- Choice is not enough: the concepts of impulse and self-control
- Addiction, habit and instrumental learning
- Addiction in populations, and comprehensive theories
- Development of a comprehensive theory
- A synthetic theory of motivation
- A theory of addiction.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-118-48492-4
- 1-118-48489-4
- OCLC:
- 856625799
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