Theory of Addiction.
The word 'addiction' these days is used to refer to a chronic condition where there is anunhealthily powerful motivation to engage in a particular behaviour. This can be driven bymany different factors - physiological, psychological, environmental and social. If we say that itis all about...
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2013.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: journey to the centre of addiction
- Definition, theory and observation
- Beginning the journey: addiction as choice
- Choice is not enough: the concepts of impulse and self-control
- Addiction, habit and instrumental learning
- Addiction in populations, and comprehensive theories
- Development of a comprehensive theory
- A synthetic theory of motivation
- A theory of addiction.