Research Catalog

Title

The psychology of addiction / Mary McMurran.

Author

McMurran, Mary

Publication

London ; Bristol, PA : Taylor & Francis, c1994.

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Details

Description

xiv, 182 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

• This series of books on contemporary psychological issues is aimed primarily at students beginning their undergraduate degree. All of these volumes are introductory in the sense that they assume no, or very little, previous acquaintance with the subject, while aiming to take the reader through to the end of his or her first course on the topic they cover.
• For this reason the series will also appeal to those who encounter psychology in the course of their professional work: nurses, social workers, police and probation officers, speech therapists and medical students. Written in a clear and jargon-free style, each book generally includes a full (and in some cases annotated) bibliography and points the way explicitly to further reading on the subject covered.

Series Statement

Contemporary psychology series ; 10

Uniform Title

Contemporary psychology series (London, England) ; 10.

Subject

• Substance abuse > Psychological aspects
• Compulsive behavior
• Behavior, Addictive > psychology
• Substance-Related Disorders > psychology
• Compulsive Behavior

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 161-175) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Addiction: Misconduct and Disease -- Ch. 2. Psychological Approaches to Addiction -- Ch. 3. Initiation and Maintenance -- Ch. 4. Dependence -- Ch. 5. Change -- Ch. 6. Prevention -- Ch. 7. Postscript.

ISBN

• 0748401873 (acid-free paper)
• 0748401881 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

LCCN

94016356

OCLC

• 30360533
• ocm30360533
• SCSB-4763820

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries