Addiction: Processes of Change (Society for the Study of Addiction Monograph) - Hardcover

 
9780192624338: Addiction: Processes of Change (Society for the Study of Addiction Monograph)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0192624334 ISBN 13: 9780192624338
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1995

Synopsis

Addiction may be perceived as a progressive disease, or as an adaptation of key neuroreceptors, depending on the viewpoint of the observer. Factors influencing changes in addictive behavior may have a psychological and/or pharmacological basis. Innovation, changes in personal ideology and intention, changes in personal relationships, and socio-economics and legal factors each play a role in the changing use of addictive substances. This book addresses the many processes of change affecting substance abuse from a multidisciplinary perspective. It results from a meeting organized by the Society for the Study of Addiction in 1992, with further invited contributions.

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About the Author

Griffith Edwards, Honorary Director, Addiction Research Unit, National Addiction Centre, London. Malcolm Lader, Professor, Head of Section of Psychopharmacology, Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0192624334
ISBN 13 
9780192624338
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
284
Editor
Edwards Griffith, Lader Malcolm