Addictions category: 667 books

Internet gambling has emerged as the most radical change to gambling in recent years. Interactive gambling opportunities using computers and wireless devices have transformed the ways in which players engage in gambling. The technological advances that have allowed gambling to expand across physical...

Often, people use nicotine, caffeine, and some level of alcohol in varying combinations at different times of the day in order to optimize their functioning and feelings of well-being, whether at work, in leisure time, or in a social context. However, until now, studies on the effects of this everyday...

Comprensione della competenza in disturbi somatoformi e applicabilità diagnostica, parte dell'ampia panoramica delle basi biologiche del comportamento che contiene opinioni critiche basate sull'esperienza e corroboranti e talvolta sfidanti descrizioni del DSM-IV delle definizioni influenzali neurofisiologiche,...

Dit e-book is NIET geschikt voor zwart-wit e-readers. Heroïne godverdomme is het eerlijke en aangrijpende levensverhaal van René van Collem, drummer bij Doe Maar. René begon als 18-jarige jongen als drummer in de beroemdste Nederlandse band ooit, maar zijn heroïneverslaving maakte het spelen in...

First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Addiction Dilemmas explores the impact of addiction on those closest to the individuals affected and their families. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book discusses the stresses and strains that family members are subjected to, the dilemmas that they face, and the coping strategies that they...

Highly Commended in the Psychiatry category at the 2010 BMA Medical Books Awards! This book serves as a manual for clinicians working with people with alcohol problems. The manual is based on previous research in addiction treatment, including family and social network interventions, as well...

Drinking beverage alcohol is a widespread source of individual and social pleasure in most countries around the world. Yet, some drinking patterns can lead to serious physical, mental, and social harms. Drinking in Context is intended to complement existing volumes dealing with international alcohol...

It was during the course of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that the problem of chronic alcohol dependence in modern society and its consequent medical effects emerged. The topic of drunkenness figures prominently in the thinking and writing of social reformers, politicians, theorists, medical...

Integrated Approaches to Drug and Alcohol Problems: Action on Addiction provides a pathway through the field of addiction, giving a clear description of points along that path, from the beginning of problematic use of drugs and alcohol, to treatment, support, recovery and reintegration in society. 　 The...

Con il manuale "La Magia della Rinascita" la Dott.ssa Francesca Saccà, psicologa, psicoterapeuta e scrittrice, esperta nel campo della dipendenza affettiva e del trauma da narcisismo, offre una vera e propria "mappa del viaggio di guarigione del sé dopo un abuso narcisistico"...

In Women and Substance Abuse: Gender Transparency you’ll see what can be done to aid women in some of the world’s hardest hit substance abuse hubs, including Rio De Janeiro, Brazil; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and New Haven, Connecticut. Filled with timely research and practical solutions, this...

In this highly informative book on the sociocultural interactions between alcoholism and drug abuse, experts explore the relationship of such factors as ethnicity, family, religion, and gender to chemical abuse and address important implications for treatment.

Originally published in 1983, in an attempt to provide a broader knowledge base to aid both treatment and prevention, experts examine topics such as the need for an holistic approach to therapy, sexual functioning, drug abusing youths in inner city neighbourhoods, the role of the family, and much more.