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Theory of addiction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: West, Robert, 1955-
Other Authors: Hardy, Ainsley
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub./Addiction Press, 2006.
Series:Addiction Press series.
Subjects:
Substance abuse.
Compulsive behavior.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of 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.