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Addiction as an attachment disorder

Title
Addiction as an attachment disorder / Philip J. Flores.
Author
Flores, Philip J.
Publication
Lanham : Jason Aronson, ©2004.

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Description
xv, 345 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This work shows how to give substance abusers an attachment experience and a sense of community where they feel they are accepted and belong. Therapy, directed along the lines described, allows the person to get close to others who are accepting of him without a cost to his identity and autonomy.
Subject
  • Alcoholism > Treatment
  • Substance abuse
  • Attachment behavior
  • Psychotherapy
  • Substance-Related Disorders > psychology
  • Substance-Related Disorders > therapy
  • Object Attachment
  • Psychotherapy
  • substance abuse
  • 44.91 psychiatry, psychopathology
  • 71.66 addiction as a social problem
  • Alcoholisme
  • Gedragsstoornissen
  • Psychotherapie
  • Gehechtheid
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-338) and index.
Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Addiction as an attachment disorder -- Substance abuse as a consequence of and solution for impaired attachment relationships -- Attachment theory: implications for treatment -- Addiction: an attempt at self-repair that fails -- Neurophysiology and attachment -- Avoidant society: cultural roots of impaired attachment -- Rules for effective treatment: an attachment perspective -- Early treatment: creating the capacity for attachment -- Late-stage treatment issues -- Attachment and group therapy -- Attachment and the therapeutic alliance -- Addiction and attachment-oriented therapy: long-term implications.
ISBN
  • 0765703378
  • 9780765703378
LCCN
2002028042
OCLC
  • ocm50494290
  • 50494290
  • SCSB-9806054
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library