Introduction to Addictive Behaviors

Sixth Edition

Dennis L. Thombs, Cynthia J. Osborn, and William V. Lechner

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Preface

1.Conceptualization of Addictive Behavior and the Need for Informed Practice

2. The Disease Models

3. Public Health and Prevention Approaches

4. Understanding the Co-Occurrence of Substance Use and Psychiatric Conditions

5. Psychoanalytic Formulations

6. Conditioning Models and Approaches to Contingency Management

7. Cognitive Models

8. The Family System

9. Social and Cultural Foundations

10. The Controversial Science of Behavioral Addiction

11. Promoting Motivation and Autonomy for Personal Change

12. Linking Theory, Evidence, and Practice

References

Author Index

Subject Index


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