The Praeger International Collection On Addictions Behavioral Addictions From Concept To Compulsion

Download or read book The Praeger International Collection on Addictions written by Angela Brownemiller Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-04-30 with total page 1719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only the very rare among us are completely unscathed by the effects of addiction - our own, that of a family member, friend, or coworker. Even the addictions of strangers - from the drunk driver or drug addict, to gambling, food, spending, or violence-addicted people - may subject us to dangers, threaten our well-being, and drain money from our pockets. Recent national estimates in just the US show that substance abuse and addiction alone cost taxpayers a total of nearly $500 billion a year. In these volumes, experts from around the world present the newest issues, research, and insights into addictions of all kinds. Led by Angela Browne-Miller, Director of the Metaxis Compulsive and Habitual Behaviors Institute in California, this team of contributors includes scholars and practitioners from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Thailand, Africa, and Russia. Topics range from drug addiction among male, female, teen, and aging populations, and among White, Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American, and other groups, using liquor, cocaine, methamphetamine, khat, and/or other lesser known drugs, to behavioral addictions including online gaming, excessive buying, and eating disorders. Chapters also address issues including addiction as a public health problem and the politics of drug treatment policies. Treatment methods for addictions, from electrotherapy to holistic approaches are addressed, as are spiritual, psychological, and cross-cultural issues involved. The experts behind these chapters include those from the University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Purdue University, to McGill University, Nottingham Trent University, and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

Download or read book The Praeger International Collection on Addictions: Behavioral addictions from concept to compulsion written by Angela Browne Miller and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Praeger International Collection on Addictions: Psychobiological profiles written by Angela Browne Miller and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Praeger International Collection on Addictions: Characteristics and treatment perspectives written by Angela Browne Miller and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2009 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Praeger International Collection on Addictions: Faces of addiction, then and now written by Angela Browne Miller and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2009 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Psychology Around Us written by Ronald Comer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-02-07 with total page 1672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comer and Gould's Psychology Around Us demonstrates the many-often surprising, always fascinating-intersections of psychology with students' day-to-day lives. Every chapter includes sections on human development, brain function, individual differences and abnormal psychology that occur in that area. These "cut-across" sections highlight how the different fields of psychology are connected to each other and how they connect to everyday life. Every chapter begins with a vignette that shows the power of psychology in understanding a whole range of human behavior. This theme is reinforced throughout the chapter in boxed readings and margin notes that celebrate the extraordinary processes that make the everyday possible and make psychology both meaningful and relevant. The text presents psychology as a unified field the understanding of which flows from connecting its multiple subfields and reinforces the fact that psychology is a science with all that this implies (research methodology, cutting edge studies, the application of critical thinking).

Download or read book Choice written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: