Addiction Processes of Change |
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| Editor:
| Edwards, Griffith
Lader, Malcolm |
| Series title: | Society for the Study of Addiction Monograph |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-262433-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 1994 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $260.00 |
Book Description:
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Addiction may be perceived as a progressive disease, or as an adaption of key neuroreceptors, depending on the viewpoint of the observer. Factors influencing changes in addictive behaviour may have a psychological and/or pharmacological basis. Innovation, changes in personal ideology and intention, changes in personal relationships, and socia-economics and legal factors each play a role in the changing use of addictive substances. This book addresses the many processes of change...
More DescriptionAddiction may be perceived as a progressive disease, or as an adaption of key neuroreceptors, depending on the viewpoint of the observer. Factors influencing changes in addictive behaviour may have a psychological and/or pharmacological basis. Innovation, changes in personal ideology and intention, changes in personal relationships, and socia-economics and legal factors each play a role in the changing use of addictive substances. This book addresses the many processes of change affecting substance abuse from a multi-disciplinary perspective. It results from a meeting organised by the Society for the Study of Addiction in 1992, with further invited contributions. M A Durand, G Edwards, C Godfrey, R Davidson, R Ferrence, H K H Kilingemann, M Jarvis, M H Lader, D Nutt, C R Schuster, R G Smart, J Strange, S Sutton, and C Taylor.