Psychology Of Addictive Behaviour

Download or read book The Psychology and Treatment of Addictive Behavior written by Scott Dowling and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Psychoanalytic studies of addictive behavior 2. self regulation vulnerabilities in substance abusers: treatment implications 3. compulsiveness and conflict: the distinction between description and explanation in the treatment of addictive behavior 4. disorders of emotional development in addictive behavior 5. erotic passion: a form of addiction 6. sexual addiction 7. psychic helplessness and the psychology of addiction 8. a child analyst looks at addictive behavior 9. transitional and autistic phenomena in addictive behavior 10. the advantages of multiple approaches to understand addictive behavior.