Excessive Appetites

Jim Orford, University of Birmingham, UK.

"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)

• About the Author. Preface. Changing the Shape of the Field. THE EXCESSIVE APPETITES. Excessive Drinking. Excessive Gambling. Excessive Drug Taking. Excessive Eating and Exercising. Excessive Sexuality. HOW EXCESS DEVELOPS. Taking Up Appetitive Behaviour. Personal Inclinations. The Social Context. Overcoming Restraint. The Development of Strong Attachment. Conflict and Its Consequences. OVERCOMING EXCESS. The Place of Expert Help. Giving Up Excess. Excessive Appetites: A Social--Behavioural--Cognitive--MoralModel. Reference. Author Index. Subject Index.