The Excessive Appetites: A Psychological View of Addiction - Couverture rigide

Orford, Jim

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471103012 ISBN 13 : 9780471103011

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 1985

Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to develop a psychological understanding of a range of addictive behaviours or excessive appetites. The lively description of five forms of addiction - alcohol, drugs, food, gambling and sexuality draws upon historical, social and clinical material. The author has emphasized social psychological processes but the role of biological factors in addiction are carefully considered. The book, which will be of particular interest to all concerned with the relationship between behaviour and health, as well as to practitioners and trainees in the mental health disciplines, is important for its presentation of a major alternative to a disease view of addiction.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

In the years since its publication in the 1980s, Jim Orford′s bookhas remained a key text in the field of addictions. This eagerlyawaited new edition is a complete and comprehensive revision, whichprovides an up–to–date and authoritative account of core knowledgein the field, for students, academics, professionals and traineesin psychology, psychiatry, social work and related healthdisciplines.
All those seeking an understanding of the nature and study ofaddictions will appreciate this outstanding book for its

• comprehensive coverage, from the origins and processes ofaddiction right through to the ways in which people overcomeaddictions, and the implications for interventions
• accounts of the different forms of addiction, includingalcohol, tobacco and other drugs, gambling, eating and sex,enlightened by a common conceptual framework
• critical, authoritative and comprehensive review of theresearch literature, with a massive reference base (the largemajority new to this edition)
• powerful psychological model of addictions, which challengesformer models that are incomplete or inadequate

From Reviews of the first edition:

"Presents a consistent way of looking at excessive appetitivebehaviour . . . Orford exhibits a wide range of scholarship and hisbook is a compendium of important research and ideas in the fieldof addictions." – Social Science and Medicine
"As one would expect of someone with Orford′s knowledge of thesubject, the coverage of the various excessive behaviours issoundly based . . . presents a lucid and highly informative accountof the major issues in the addictions. It can be highlyrecommended" – British Journal of Addictions
"There is no question in my mind that this book deserves to bewidely read and taken seriously both by clinicians and by thosewith a more theoretical interest." – Behaviour Research andTherapy
"I like this book immensely, I would strongly recommend CPN teamsto have a copy . . . I would recommend it to all course tutors, andespecially field work supervisors. The book clearly has a wideappeal and should be on our bookshelves." – Community PsychiatricNursing Journal.
Orford′s Excessive Appetites is in a class of its own . . ..
.A direct challenge to both disease models of addiction and tosimplistic social reaction models ...bound to become a classic." –New Society
"This really is a splendid book containing challenging andoriginal ideas, argued cogently and authoritatively from datacarefully assembled. It will surely be keenly sought by readersfrom a wide variety of disciplines." – British Book News

Revue de presse

"user friendly, written in an easy, unpretentious style, withilluminating quotations and relevant tables and references. Forstudents or any reader interested in addiction, this book is areliable crash course. For those who work in the field, it is asubstantial contribution to the debate about what addiction is."(Addiction Today, September 2001)

"This classic text .... should be of value to any person whowishes to add to their understanding ofthe area, whether for thepurposes of treatment, prevention, harm
reduction or for personal education." (Addiction, Vol.97 2002)

"...wide ranging and well argued..a reliable crash course..."(Addiction Today, September/October 2001) 

" It s a damn good read stuffed withinteresting anecdotes, quotations and data " (European EatingDisorders Review, Vol.10, No.1–2, 2002)

" a wonderfully comprehensive reference book." (Behavioraland Cognitive Psychotherapy, Vol.31, 2003)

"user friendly, written in an easy, unpretentious style, withilluminating quotations and relevant tables and references. Forstudents or any reader interested in addiction, this book is areliable crash course. For those who work in the field, it is asubstantial contribution to the debate about what addiction is."
(Addiction Today, September 2001)

"This classic text .... should be of value to any person whowishes to add to their understanding ofthe area, whether for thepurposes of treatment, prevention, harm reduction or for personaleducation." (Addiction, Vol.97 2002)

"...wide ranging and well argued..a reliable crash course..."(Addiction Today, September/October 2001)

" It s a damn good read stuffed withinteresting anecdotes, quotations and data " (EuropeanEating Disorders Review, Vol.10, No.1–2, 2002)

" a wonderfully comprehensive reference book."(Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, Vol.31, 2003)

 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1985
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471103012
• ISBN 13: 9780471103011
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 378
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible