Theory of Addiction, 2nd Edition
$74.39
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2013
Summary
The word ‘addiction’ these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is an unhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven by many different factors – physiological, psychological, environmental and social. If we say that it is all about X, we miss V, W, Y and Z. So, some people think addicts are using drugs to escape from unhappy lives, feelings of anxiety and so on; many are. Some people think drugs become addictive because they alte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780470674215 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0470674210 |
| Series: | Addiction Press |
| Author: | Robert West, Jamie Brown |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2013 |
| Weight: | 431g |
| Dimensions: | 244mm x 170mm x 18mm |
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“I enjoyed reading this book and strongly recommend that it be read by all professionals working in the field of addiction.” ( Journal of Clinical Psychiatry , 1 February 2015)
“I enjoyed reading this book and strongly recommend that it be read by all professionals working in the field of addiction.” (Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 1 February 2015)
About The Author
Robert West
Robert West is Director of Tobacco Studies at the Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Unit at University College London. He has been researching tobacco and nicotine dependence since 1982 and has published more than 250 scientific works. His research involves surveys of smoking patterns, clinical trials of aids to smoking cessation and laboratory studies of nicotine withdrawal symptoms. He is co-author of the English National Smoking Cessation Guidelines that provided the blueprint for the English Stop Smoking Services and is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Addiction.
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