An edition of Theory of addiction
(2005)
Theory of addiction
by West, Robert
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Table of Contents
Introduction: journey to the centre of addiction
In the beginning
In the end
What this book does
The synthetic theory of addiction in brief
Definition, theory and observation
Defining addiction (addiction is not an elephant)
Views on what is addiction
Diagnosing and measuring addiction
Theory and supposition
'Big questions' in the field of addiction
Recapitulation
Beginning the journey : addiction as choice
Addiction as rational, informed choice based on stable preferences
Box 3.1 the myth of addiction
Box 3.2 the theory of rational addiction
Box 3.3 the self-medication model of addiction
Box 3.4 opponent process theory
Irrational, ill-informed choice and unstable preferences
Rational ill-informed choice with unstable preferences : an addict's eye view
Box 3.5 expectancy theories
Box 3.6 Skog's choice theory
Box 3.7 Slovic's 'affect heuristic'
Box 3.8 cognitive bias theories
Box 3.9 behavioural economic theories
Box 3.10 gateway theory
Box 3.11 the transtheoretical model (TTM) of behaviour change
Box 3.12 identity shifts and behaviour change
Addiction as the exercise of choice based on desires
Choice is not enough : the concepts of impulse and self-
Control
Reports of feelings of compulsion
Powerful motives versus impaired control
Box 4.1 the disease model of addiction
Personality and addiction typologies
Box 4.2 tridimensional personality theory
Self-efficacy
Box 4.3 self-efficacy theory
The transition from lapse to relapse
Box 4.4 the abstinence violation effect
Impulse control
Box 4.5 inhibition dysregulation theory
Self-regulation as a broadly based concept
Box 4.6 self-regulation theory
Urges and craving
Box 4.7 a cognitive model of drug urges
Addiction as a failure of self-control over desires and urges
Addiction, habit and instrumental learning
Box 5.1 instrumental learning (operant conditioning) and addiction
Mechanisms underpinning instrumental learning
Box 5.2 the dopamine theory of drug reward
Box 5.3 addiction arising from functional neurotoxicity of drugs
Classical conditioning
Box 5.4 classical conditioning and addiction
More complex learning models
Box 5.5 addiction as a learning/memory process
Box 5.7 incentive sensitisation theory
Box 5.8 Balfour's theory of differential drug effects within the nucleus accumbens social learning
Box 5.9 social learning theory
Associative learning
Addiction in populations and comprehensive theories
Addiction in populations
Box 6.1 diffusion theory
Comprehensive theories of addiction
Box 6.2 excessive appetites
Box 6.3 the pathways model of pathological gambling
What is addiction and how can we explain it?
Development of a comprehensive theory
A reminder of what we are talking about
Addiction as rational choice
Addiction as irrational choice
Addiction, compulsion and self-control
Addiction, instrumental learning and habit
Addiction, choice, compulsion and habit
A synthetic theory of motivation
The human motivational system
The five levels of motivation
Momentum and inertia
Ways in which past experience affects motivation
The 'representational system' and consciousness
Self and self-control
Mental effort and motivational resources
What motivates us
The unstable mind
A theory of addiction
Addiction is
The pathologies underlying addiction
Recommendations and predictions regarding addiction interventions
Testing the theory.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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