Thombs, Dennis L.

Introduction to addictive behaviors / Dennis L. Thombs. - Third edition. - New York : Guilford Press, c2006. - xiii, 322 pages : illustration. ; 24 cm. - The Guilford substance abuse series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-299) and indexes.

The multiple conceptions of addictive behavior and professional practice today -- The disease models -- Public health and prevention approaches -- Toward an understanding of comorbidity -- Psychoanalytic formulations -- Conditioning models and approaches to contingency management -- Cognitive models -- The family system -- Social and cultural foundations -- Conditions that facilitate and inhibit change in addictive behavior.

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Substance abuse--Etiology.
Substance abuse--Treatment.
Substance-Related Disorders--etiology.
Substance-Related Disorders--therapy.

RC 564 / .T55 2006

616.86