| Description |
xviii, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Based on the proceedings of a national conference entitled: The addictions: an interdisciplinary synthesis of concepts and treatments, held in Denver, Colo., Oct. 28-29, 1983. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Preface / Harvey B. Milkman -- Introduction : Crisis and conflict in the addictions / Howard J. Shaffer and Harvey B. Milkman -- Part I. Theoretical perspectives -- Inheriting addictions : a genetic perspective with emphasis on alcohol and nicotine / Allan C. Collins -- Biological mechanisms : neurotransmission and addiction / Stanley G. Sunderwirth -- Biopharmacologic factors in drug abuse / Robert Freedman -- An analytic overview of addictions / William A. Frosch -- Trends in behavioral psychology and the addictions / Howard J. Shaffer and Robert J. Schneider -- Social psychology of intoxicant use : the interaction of personality and social setting / Norman E. Zinberg and Howard J. Shaffer -- Addictive behavior and the justice system / Alexander M. Hunter and Robert A. Pudim -- Part II. Treatment perspectives -- Testing hypotheses : an approach for the assessment of addictive behaviors / Howard J. Shaffer and Charles Neuhaus -- A biobehavioral approach to the origins and treatment of substance abuse / Thomas J. Crowley -- Use of marijuana and alcohol by regular users of cocaine : patterns of use and style of control / Milton E. Burglass -- Addiction, adaptation, and the "Drug-of-choice" phenomenon : clinical perspectives / Edward J. Khantzian and Robert J. Schneider -- Treatment of the chemically dependent health professional / Millicent E. Buxton, Marty Jessup, Mim J. Landry -- Addictive disease : concept and controversy / David E. Smith, Harvey B. Milkman, Stanley G. Sunderwirth -- Cognitive-behaviorlal treatment of problem drinking / Chad D. Emrick, Joel Hansen, Jeanne C. Maytag -- A multimodality approach to the treatment of addiction / Robert Vaughn Frye -- Part III. Epilogue -- Diagnosis, conceptual models, and the nature of this book / Lloyd I. Sederer. |
| Subject |
Substance abuse -- Congresses.
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Substance abuse. |
| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Milkman, Harvey B.
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Shaffer, Howard, 1948-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Addictions. Lexington, Mass. : Lexington Books, c1985 (OCoLC)557826712 |
| ISBN |
0669087394 alkaline paper |
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9780669087390 alkaline paper |
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