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Author Thombs, Dennis L.

Title Introduction to addictive behaviors / Dennis L. Thombs
Edition Third edition
Published New York : Guilford Press, [2006]
©2006

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 MELB  616.86071 Tho/Ita 2006  AVAILABLE
Description xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series The Guilford substance abuse series
Guilford substance abuse series.
Contents 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
Summary "Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this widely adopted text offers a balanced review of major contemporary perspectives on substance abuse and addiction. Two new chapters broaden the scope of the volume with coverage of prevention models and comorbidity. The third edition is grounded in the latest theory and research. Applications to the helping process are emphasized, and learning is facilitated with case examples, review questions, and end-of-chapter summaries."--BOOK JACKET
Notes Previous ed.: 1999
Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-299) and indexes
Notes Online (ebrary)
Original version xiii, 322 p. : ill
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Subject Substance abuse -- Etiology.
Substance abuse -- Treatment.
Substance-Related Disorders -- etiology.
Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
Substance-Related Disorders -- etiology.
Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
Author ebrary, Inc.
LC no. 2005030211
ISBN 1593852789
9781593852788
Other Titles Addictive behaviors
OTHER TI Ebook library collection