Addictive Behaviour: Molecules to Mankind : Perspectives on the Nature of Addiction - Hardcover

Eighteen articles developed from a conference at Roehampton Institute, London consider the nature of addiction from a biopsychological and social perspective. The chapters are divided into sections on addictions in society, biochemical aspects of the addictions, addictions and the study of mind, alcohol abuse in society, and molecules, mood and addictive behavior. The last chapter discusses the problems that can result when the research methodologies used by disparate disciplines are not compatible and are open to interpretive difficulties. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.