| Description |
viii, 305 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Relapse and alcohol problems / Steven Allsop and Bill Saunders -- Relapse following smoking cessation : a critical review of current theory and research / Stephen Sutton -- Heroin and the opiates / Brendan P. Bradley -- Relapse and eating disorders : the recurring illusion / Howard Rankin -- Understanding and preventing relapse in sex offenders / Janice K. Marques and Craig Nelson -- Relapses from a gambling perspective / R. Iain F. Brown -- Relapse prevention and AIDS among intravenous drug users / Anna Stallard and Nick Heather -- Conceptual issues in the study of relapse / Saul Shiffman -- Does the Marlatt model underestimate the importance of conditioned craving in the relapse process? / Nick Heather and Anna Stallard -- Attitudes and learning in addiction and relapse / J. Richard Eiser -- The end of optimism : the prehistory of relapse / Virginia Berridge -- Relapse : a critique / Bill Saunders and Steven Allsop -- Relapse prevention : future directions / G. Alan Marlatt and Judith R. Gordon |
| Summary |
An international group of researchers in the addiction field examines the available evidence about why people find it so hard to move away from their addictive behaviour |
| Analysis |
Addiction Psychological aspects |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Compulsive behavior.
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Substance abuse -- Psychological aspects.
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Compulsive Behavior -- psychology.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- psychology.
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| Author |
Gossop, Michael, 1948-
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| LC no. |
88029691 |
| ISBN |
0415023548 |
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