Introduction to Addictive Behaviors (Guilford Substance Abuse Series) - Hardcover

Thombs, Dennis L.

 
9781593852788: Introduction to Addictive Behaviors (Guilford Substance Abuse Series)

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This widely adopted text offers a balanced review of major contemporary perspectives on substance abuse and addiction, including disease models; psychoanalytic, conditioning, cognitive, and family systems formulations; and social and cultural foundations. Written in a lucid, accessible style, the volume emphasizes applications to the helping process and facilitates learning with case examples, review questions, and end-of-chapter summaries.

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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.

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