Meaning of Addiction An Unconventional View

Name: Meaning of Addiction An Unconventional View
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ISBN: 9780787943820

ISBN-10: 0787943827

ISBN-13: 9780787943820

Edition: 1998th 1985 (Reprint)

Authors: Stanton Peele

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A controversial and persuasive analysis of addiction A tour de force, a spectacular effort of research and understanding. This book gives us the courage to bypass disease notions to deal with intrapsychic, family system, and social and cultural dynamics in addiction. ?David Cook, Counseling and Psychological Services, University of Wisconsin This compelling and controversial book challenges the widely accepted belief that alcohol and drug addiction have a genetic or biological basis. The so-called disease theory suggests that a substance or activity can cause the addict to lose control of his behavior. Stanton Peele demonstrates how this notion fails to make sense of scientific…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Edition: 1998th
Copyright year: 1985
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/1/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.78" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



The Concept of Addiction


Opiate Addiction in the United States and the Western World Divergent Evidence about Narcotic Addiction Nonbiological Factors in Addiction


The Nature of Addiction


The American Image of Alcohol


Does Liquor Have the Power to Corrupt and Control?


The Disease of Alcoholism Historical, Social, Ethnic, and Economic Factors in Alcoholism in the United States


The Social Science Challenge to Disease Theory Controlled-Drinking Therapy for Alcoholism


Theories of Addiction


Stanton Peele and Bruce K


Alexander Genetic Theories Exposure Theories


Biological Models Exposure Theories


Conditioning Models Adaptation Theories


The Requirements of a Successful Theory of Addiction


Adult, Infant, and Animal Addiction



Addiction to an Experience


Elements of the Addictive Experience Susceptibility to Addiction and the Choice of Addictive Object


Social and Cultural Factors Susceptibility to and Choice of Addiction


Situational Factors Susceptibiltity to and Choice of Addiction


Individual Factors Susceptibility to and Choice of Addiction


Developmental Factors The Nature of Addiction


The Addiction Cycle


The Impaired Society


The Narcotic Connection_Supply and Demand The Negative Effects of the Belief in Chemical Dependence Can We Treat Away the Drug Problem?


The Alcoholism and Chemical Dependence Industry Spreading Diseases


The Cure for Addiction