Assessment of Addictive Behaviors - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898621445 ISBN 13: 9780898621440

Publisher: The Guilford Press, 1988

Synopsis

Only a decade ago, addictive behavior was defined as chemical dependence on alcohol or opiates. As each addictive drug was seen as unique, the professional and scientific disciplines investigating them worked in relative isolation. Moreover, while physiological, psychological, behavioral, and social factors were recognized as important in the etiology of addiction, these domains were not integrated into a unified model.
Now, a more ``generic'' view of addictions is emerging. As analyzed in ASSESSMENT OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS, similar processes occur across a wide range of behaviors, such as drinking, smoking, eating, and drug use. With this broadened view, research has shifted from the evaluation of treatment interventions to more process-oriented studies of the multiple factors contributing to the maintenance of, and relapse to, addictive behaviors. As research is becoming increasingly integrated across disciplines, addiction now may be defined as an interactive product of learning in a setting involving physiological events as they are interpreted, labeled, and given meaning by the individual.

About this title

About the Author:

Dennis M. Donovan PhD. , Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute ,University of Washington , Seattle.

Review:

``I find ASSESSMENT OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS to be a very useful and informative summary of the state of the art in the addictive field.''
--Douglas Chalmers, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, University of California at Irvine

``Assessment provides the foundation for treatment, and this book, with its chapters by leading figures in the field, offers a unique synthesis of information on assessment. This is an important book for all involved in work with addictions.'' --Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0898621445
• ISBN 13: 9780898621440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 497
• Editor: Donovan Dennis M., Marlatt G. Alan