The Addictive Behaviors

by Howard J Shaffer, Barry Stimmel

Overview

Thoroughly examines the natural history and social etiology of addictive behaviors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317840640
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	182
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Howard J Shaffer, Barry Stimmel

Table of Contents

Contents
EDITORIAL: The Natural History and Social Ecology of Addictive Behaviors

• A Strategy for the Biological Assessment of Addiction
• Diagnosis in the Addictions 1: Conceptual Problems
• Causal Factors in Onset of Adolescents’ Cigarette Smoking: A Prospective Study of Urban Black Youth
• Caffeine: A Potential Drug of Abuse
• Methadone Maintenance: Past, Present, and Future
• Implications of Models for Recovery from Alcoholism
• Controlled Opiate Use: Fact or Artifact?
• Addiction Relapse
• Addictions Paradigms Ill: From Theory-Research to Practice and Back
• SELECTIVE Guide to Current Reference Sources on Topics Discussed in This Issue
• Index