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"Addiction focuses on the emergence, nature, and persistence of addictive behaviors, as well as the efforts of addicts to overcome their condition. Do addicts act of their own free will, or are they driven by forces beyond their control? Do structured treatment programs offer more hope for reco...

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Other Authors: Elster, Jon, 1940- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [1999]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gedrag.
Biologische aspecten.
Ontwenning.
Verslaving.
Substance abuse > Etiology.
Self-control.
Addicts > Psychology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
71.66 addiction as a social problem.
addiction.
Motivation (Psychologie)
Comportement compulsif.
Maîtrise de soi.
Polytoxicomanie > Étiologie.
Dependants > Psychologie.
Behavior, Addictive
Motivation
Compulsive Behavior
Substance-Related Disorders > psychology
Motivation (Psychology)
Compulsive behavior.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Disordered appetites : addiction, compulsion, and dependence / Gary Watson
  • Freedom of the will and addiction / Olav Gjelsvik
  • The neurobiology and genetics of addiction : implications of the "reward deficiency syndrome" for therapeutic strategies in chemical dependency / Eliot L. Gardner
  • Addiction as impeded rationality / Helge Waal and Jorg Morland
  • Hyperbolic discounting, willpower, and addiction / Ole-Jorgen Skog
  • Addiction and self-control / Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin
  • The intuitive explanation of passionate mistakes and why it's not adequate / George Ainslie
  • Emotion and addiction : neurobiology, culture, and choice / Jon Elster
  • Addicts as objects of study : clinical encounters in the 1920s / Caroline Jean Acker.

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