The Excessive Appetites
by Orford, JimFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1985-07-01
Publisher(s): John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Summary
This eagerly awaited new edition of Excessive Appetites will offer you a complete and comprehensive revision of this classic text in the field of addictions. Covering a wide variety of different forms of addiction from alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, through to gambling, eating and sex this book provides an up-to-date and authoritative account of core knowledge in this vital area. Comprehensive coverage, from the origins and processes of addiction right through to the ways in which people overcome their addictions, and the implications for interventions.
Author Biography
Jim Orford trained in clinical psychology at the Maudsley Hospital, Institute of Psychiatry, London, and later obtained his PhD at the Addiction Research Unit at the Institute. His career has involved substantial commitments to the development of services for people with alcohol problems in Exeter, and the training of clinical psychologists in Exeter and later in Birmingham. He now heads the Alcohol, Drugs and Addiction Research Group at the University of Birmingham.
Table of Contents
| About the Author | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Changing the Shape of the Field | p. 1 |
| The Excessive Appetites | p. 9 |
| Excessive Drinking | p. 11 |
| Excessive Gambling | p. 35 |
| Excessive Drug Taking | p. 60 |
| Excessive Eating and Exercising | p. 93 |
| Excessive Sexuality | p. 114 |
| How Excess Develops | p. 135 |
| Taking Up Appetitive Behaviour | p. 137 |
| Personal Inclinations | p. 154 |
| The Social Context | p. 184 |
| Overcoming Restraint | p. 201 |
| The Development of Strong Attachment | p. 223 |
| Conflict and Its Consequences | p. 250 |
| Overcoming Excess | p. 277 |
| The Place of Expert Help | p. 279 |
| Giving Up Excess | p. 309 |
| Excessive Appetites: A Social-Behavioural-Cognitive-Moral Model | p. 341 |
| References | p. 349 |
| Author Index | p. 387 |
| Subject Index | p. 397 |
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