Substance and Behavioral Addictions: Concepts, Causes and Cures

Substance and Behavioral Addictions: Concepts, Causes and Cures presents the concepts, etiology, assessment, prevention and cessation of substance (tobacco, alcohol, other drugs and food) and behavioral (gambling, Internet, shopping, love, sex, exercise and work) addictions. The text provides a novel and integrative appetitive motivation framework of addiction, while acknowledging and referencing multi-level influences on addiction, such as neurobiological, cognitive and micro-social and macro-social/physical environmental. The book discusses concurrent and substitute addiction, and offers prevention and treatment solutions, which are presented from a more integrative perspective than traditional presentations. This is an ideal text for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, practitioners and researchers.

Χαρακτηριστικά:

• Provides an introduction to cutting-edge research and practice in the addictions field – encompassing neuroscience information and global coverage, with a focus on the addictive process
• Offers case examples at the beginning of each chapter, helping students gain empathy on the problems of addiction and more easily learn theoretical concepts
• Includes learning objectives, chapter summaries, suggestions for further reading and a full glossary to enhance student understanding of the material

Περιεχόμενα:

Part I. Addiction and Addictive Effects:
1. A general introduction to the concept of addiction and addictive effects
2. Addictive effects and appetitive needs
3. Variables that increase the likelihood of developing an addiction
4. Consequences of addiction

Part II. Types of Addictions:
5. Types of addictions: general overview
6. Substance addictions: their prevalence and co-occurrence
7. Behavioral addictions: their prevalence and co-occurrence
8. Patterns of addiction co-occurrence, replacement and lifestyle demands
9. Assessing the 11 focal addictions

Part III. Resolving the Problems of Addiction and Future Directions:
10. Resolving the problems of addiction – prevention: general principles
11. Prevention: intrapersonal-level approaches
12. Prevention: extrapersonal-level approaches
13. Resolving the problems of addiction – cessation: general principles
14. Cessation: intrapersonal-level approaches
15. Cessation: extrapersonal-level approaches
16. Future considerations for substance and behavioral addictions

Glossary
Bibliography
Index.