The Nature of drug dependence /

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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subject:	Drug abuse -- Congresses. Alcoholism -- Congresses. Psychopharmacology -- Congresses. Substance Dependence -- congresses. Alcoholism. Drug abuse. Conference papers and proceedings.
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

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