Introduction to Addictive Behaviors, Fourth Edition
Dennis L. Thombs, "Introduction to Addictive Behaviors, Fourth Edition"
English | ISBN: 146251068X | 2013 | 418 pages | PDF | 3 MB
English | ISBN: 146251068X | 2013 | 418 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Now revised and updated, this widely used text comprehensively reviews theories of addiction to give students and professionals a multidisciplinary foundation for clinical practice. It explores the causes and mechanisms of substance and behavioral addictions, as well as implications for helping people recover. Providing a science-based perspective, the text emphasizes the importance of using treatment and prevention strategies that are grounded in evidence. Thoroughly updated chapters address disease models; public health approaches; understanding and treating comorbidity; psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, and family systems models; sociocultural approaches; behavioral addiction; and motivational models. Student-friendly features include end-of-chapter summaries and review questions.