by Dennis L. (University of North T Thombs
€ 64.99
ISBN: 9781462539222
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.
New to This Edition
*Updated throughout with current research and clinical advances.
*Discussions of cutting-edge topics: genetics of addiction, addiction stigma, and the opioid epidemic.
*New and revised clinical vignettes and review questions.
442 pages.
5th EditionIn Stock.
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Date of Publication: 18/06/2019