Introduction to Addictive Behaviors

by Dennis L. Thombs

Now revised and updated, this widely used text comprehensively reviews theories of addiction to give students and professionals a multidisciplinary foundation for clinical practice. It explores the causes and mechanisms of substance and behavioral addictions, as well as implications for helping people recover. Providing a science-based perspective, the text emphasizes the importance of using treatment and prevention strategies that are grounded in evidence. Thoroughly updated chapters address disease models; public health approaches; understanding and treating comorbidity; psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, and family systems models; sociocultural approaches; behavioral addiction; and motivational models. Student-friendly features include end-of-chapter summaries and review questions.
 
New to This Edition
*Updated throughout with current research and clinical advances.
*Discussions of cutting-edge topics: genetics of addiction, addiction stigma, and the opioid epidemic.
*New and revised clinical vignettes and review questions.
 

Genres: Psychology, Health, Reference, Addiction

322 pages, Hardcover

First published January 10, 1994

Reviews

[Ceyda · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for anyone studying addiction psychology for knowing more of the biological, psychological, and social aspects of behaviors as well as how addictions to different substances affect the brain. It also provides the foundation necessary for who wants to work as a counselor for alcohol and substance abuse.

[Prateek GOYAL · Rating 1 out of 5]

It was so boring I can't tell you. It was in divided in small chunks of topics, that made it bearable. Regarding the content, It felt like I was reading a long review article. And all of it is focused on America.
Also, I found the title very misleading. It mainly discusses substance abuse related addiction while the title implies that it would discuss behavioral addiction.

PS. I liked the chapter on Public Health and Mindfulness.

[Lilbeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was surprisingly good. It looks like a boring, small-text kind of read, but it wasn't. It was well-written and had a lot of good information. Not something one reads for fun, but I learned a lot from it.

[Cortney Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall very informative and helpful. I'm a psychology student in my first year and this book was very easy to understand and provided layman's terms and syntax that made it easy to follow. Recommended for anyone interested in the subject.