The Nature of drug dependence /

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Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.
Description:x, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Monograph (Society for the Study of Addiction) no. 1
Oxford medical publications
Monograph (Society for the Study of Addiction) no. 1.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1119485
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Other authors / contributors:Edwards, Griffith
Lader, Malcolm Harold
Society for the Study of Addiction
ISBN:0192617729 : £25.00 (U.K.) ($37.50 U.S.)
Notes:Based on a meeting held in April 1988 in Berkshire, U.K.; sponsored by the Society for the Study of Addiction.
Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Dependence: Historical Concepts and Constructs
  • 2. Social, Scientific and Medical Issues in the Definition of Alcohol and Drug Dependence
  • 3. Validation of the Dependence Syndrome: Have We Crossed the Half-Life of this Concept?
  • 4. The Genetic Aspects of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse: A Review
  • 5. Cellular Tolerance and Dependence
  • 6. Neurobiological and Behavioral Approaches to Tolerance and Dependence
  • 7. Drug-Seeking Behavior: Implications for Theories of Drug Dependents
  • 8. Psychological and Social Basis of Drug Dependence. An Analysis of Drug Seeking Behavior in Animals. Dependence as Learned Behavior
  • 9. Looking for a Synthesis in Studying the Nature of Dependence: Facing Up to Complexity