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Jim Orford - Excessive Appetites, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

Excessive Appetites

A Psychological View of Addictions

Av Jim Orford

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Beskrivning
This eagerly awaited new edition of Excessive Appetites will offeryou a complete and comprehensive revision of this classic text inthe field of addictions. Covering a wide variety of different forms of addiction fromalcohol, tobacco and other drugs, through to gambling, eating andsex this book provides an up-to-date and authoritative account ofcore knowledge in this vital area. Comprehensive coverage, from the origins and processes ofaddiction right through to the ways in which people overcome theiraddictions, and the implications for interventions.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2001-06-29
  • Mått: 174 x 245 x 22 mm
  • Vikt: 680 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 432
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • ISBN: 9780471982319
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Jim Orford, University of Birmingham, UK.

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"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, harmreduction 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)

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