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Introduction to addictive behaviors / Dennis L. Thombs, Cynthia J. Osborn. [print]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, New York : The Guilford Press, (c)2019.; (c)2019.Edition: fifth editionDescription: xiv, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781462539222
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • RC564.O81.I587 2019
  • RC564
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Contents:
The disease models -- Public health and prevention approaches -- Understanding the co-occurrence of substance use and psychiatric conditions -- Psychoanalytic formulations -- Conditioning models and approaches to contingency management -- Cognitive models -- The family system -- Social and cultural foundations -- The controversial science of behavioral addiction -- Promoting motivation and autonomy for personal change -- Linking theory, evidence, and practice.
Subject: "The book has two primary goals. The first is to challenge and strengthen the reader's understanding of addiction by exploring how others in the field have come to know it. We hope that this will enable the reader to create a clear and logically consistent perspective on addiction. The second goal is to show the reader how theory and research are important to both the prevention and the treatment of substance abuse. This information should provide the reader with an array of strategies for addressing substance abuse problems and help make him or her an effective practitioner"--
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Reference (Library Use ONLY) G. Allen Fleece Library TEXTBOOK REFERENCE RC564.T466.A335 2019 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31923001899406

Conceptualization of addictive behavior and the need for informed practice -- The disease models -- Public health and prevention approaches -- Understanding the co-occurrence of substance use and psychiatric conditions -- Psychoanalytic formulations -- Conditioning models and approaches to contingency management -- Cognitive models -- The family system -- Social and cultural foundations -- The controversial science of behavioral addiction -- Promoting motivation and autonomy for personal change -- Linking theory, evidence, and practice.

"The book has two primary goals. The first is to challenge and strengthen the reader's understanding of addiction by exploring how others in the field have come to know it. We hope that this will enable the reader to create a clear and logically consistent perspective on addiction. The second goal is to show the reader how theory and research are important to both the prevention and the treatment of substance abuse. This information should provide the reader with an array of strategies for addressing substance abuse problems and help make him or her an effective practitioner"--

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