Encyclopedia of Addictions

Kathryn H. Hollen0313347379, 978-0-313-34737-5, 978-0-313-34739-9, 0313347395, 9780313347412, 0313347417

This two volume set contains frank and factual information about symptoms, causes, effects, prevention, and treatment of substance abuse—alcohol, nicotine, and drugs—and of behavioral addictions such as eating disorders, pathological gambling, and compulsive sexual activity. Including the most up-to-date research, the addiction entries are based largely on criteria established by the American Psychiatric Association in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.Tracing the history of the debate over whether addiction is a choice or a disease, the volumes explain how genetic and biological findings support the disease concept while lifestyle choices affect the course of the disease. Graphics and discussions of the brain structures that support this self-reinforcing mechanism illustrate why treatments that obstruct the pathway are showing such promise.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
List of Entries……Page 8
Guide to Related Topics……Page 12
Preface……Page 16
Acknowledgments……Page 20
Volume 1……Page 2
A……Page 22
B……Page 94
C……Page 122
D……Page 152
E……Page 176
F……Page 186
G……Page 192
H……Page 202
I……Page 212
J……Page 222
K……Page 224
L……Page 228
M……Page 232
N……Page 260
Volume 2……Page 292
O……Page 312
P……Page 320
R……Page 346
S……Page 350
T……Page 392
U……Page 420
V……Page 422
W……Page 424
X……Page 440
Z……Page 442
Appendices……Page 444
Bibliography……Page 594
A……Page 600
C……Page 601
D……Page 602
E……Page 603
I……Page 604
M……Page 605
P……Page 606
S……Page 607
T……Page 608
Z……Page 609