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Introduction to Addictive Behaviors, Fourth Edition

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ISBN-10: 146251068X

ISBN-13: 9781462510689

Edition: 4th 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Dennis L. Thombs, Cynthia J. Osborn

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List price: $62.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Publication date: 7/9/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 418
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Dennis L. Thombs, PhD, FAAHB, is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Education and Behavior at the University of Florida. The focus of his scholarship is addictive behavior, with special interests in the epistemology of addiction and in alcohol and drug use during the period of emerging adulthood. Dr. Thombs’s research has been supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Health Behavior.

Conceptualization of Addictive Behavior and the Need for Informed Practice
What Exactly Is a Theory?
Attributes and Functions of Good Theory
Theory as a Road Map
Conceptions of Addiction in U.S. History
Then and Now: Three Broad Perspectives on the Nature of Addiction
Evidence in Support of Prevention and Treatment
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
The Disease Models
Different Disease Conceptions
Tolerance and Withdrawal
Genetic Origins of Addiction: The Susceptibility Model
Effects of Drugs on Brain Structure and Function: The Exposure Model
Historical Disease Concepts
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Public Health and Prevention Approaches
What Is Public Health?
Healthy People 2020: The National Health Priorities on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use
Public Health Surveillance of Substance Abuse
Age of Onset and the Gateway Hypothesis
Types of Prevention Programs and Strategies
Community Coalition Building
Results from Community Intervention Trials
The Participatory Research Approach
The Community Mobilization Approach
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Toward an Understanding of Comorbidity
The Epidemiology of Comorbidity in the United States
Explanatory Models
Integrated Treatment for Dual Diagnosis
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Psychoanalytic Formulations
Psychoanalysis: A Type of Psychotherapy
Personality Structure
Anxiety, Defense Mechanisms, and the Unconscious
Insights into Compulsive Substance Use
Stages of Recovery from Addiction
Psychoanalytic Concepts in Clinical Practice Today
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Conditioning Models and Approaches to Contingency Management
Conditioned Behavior
Initiation of Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Addiction
Relationship between Addiction and Physical Dependence
Cessation and Relapse
Delay Discounting
Basic Principles of Contingency Management
Applications of Contingency Management
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Cognitive Models
Fundamental Social-Cognitive Concepts
Modeling and Substance Use
Self-Efficacy and Treatment Outcomes
Role of Outcome Expectancy in Alcohol and Drug Use
Tiffany's Model of Drug Cravings
Cognitive Dynamics of Relapse
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
The Family System
Genetic and Environmental Influences
Three Family Treatment Models in Addictions
Family-Based Approaches to Substance Abuse Treatment
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
O'Connor Family Case Functional Analysis
Social and Cultural Foundations
The Influence of Culture on Diagnostic Determinations
Sociological Functions of Substance Abuse
Social Facilitation
Time Out from Social Obligations
Promoting Group Solidarity/Establishing Social Boundaries
Drug Subcultures: Repudiation of Middle-Class Values
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
The Controversial Science of Behavioral Addiction
The Evolving DSM Nomenclature and Diagnostic Criteria for Addiction
Management of Negative Publicity by Public Figures
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Promoting Motivation and Autonomy for Personal Change
What Is Motivation?
Transtheoretical Model of Change
Motivational Interviewing
Self-Determination Theory
Integrating the TTM, Ml, and SDT
Harm Reduction Approaches
Mindfulness-Based Approaches
12-Step Facilitation
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
Linking Theory, Evidence, and Practice
Standards of Evidence
The Relationship between Theory, Evidence, and Practice
Chapter Summary
Review Questions
References
Author Index
Subject Index