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Theory of addiction

Title
Theory of addiction / Robert West with Ainsley Hardy.
Author
West, Robert, 1955-
Publication
Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub./Addiction Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors
Hardy, Ainsley.
Description
xii, 211 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Addiction Press series
Uniform Title
Addiction Press series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index.
Contents
Introduction : journey to the centre of addiction -- Definition, theory and observation -- Beginning the journey : addiction as choice -- Choice is not enough : the concepts of impulse and self-control -- Addiction, habit and instrumental learning -- Addiction in populations, and comprehensive theories -- Development of a comprehensive theory -- A synthetic theory of motivation -- A theory of addiction.
ISBN
1405113596 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2005016864
OCLC
  • OCM60671760
  • SCSB-5223119
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries