Theory of addiction /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: West, Robert, 1955
Group Author: Brown, Jamie, 1984
Published: Wiley Blackwell,
Publisher Address: Chichester, West Sussex, UK :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: Second edition.
Subjects:
Carrier Form: x, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780470674215 (paperback : alkaline paper) :
0470674210 (paperback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: RC564
CLC: R163
R749.99
R969.3
Call Number: R969.3/W519/2nd ed.
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.