The psychology of addiction / Jenny Svanberg.

By: Series: Psychology of everythingPublication details: London : Routledge, ©2018.Description: 128 pages : illustrations (black and white). ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138207288 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23
LOC classification:
  • RC533 .S9 2018
Summary: Humans are well-known creatures of habit but at what point does a habit become an addiction? Is addiction a choice, a moral failing, a disease, all of these, or none? Are certain personality types more likely to become addicted, or those from certain social environments? And how can one recover from addiction? In this introduction to the psychological issues behind addiction, these questions and more are addressed.
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Humans are well-known creatures of habit but at what point does a habit become an addiction? Is addiction a choice, a moral failing, a disease, all of these, or none? Are certain personality types more likely to become addicted, or those from certain social environments? And how can one recover from addiction? In this introduction to the psychological issues behind addiction, these questions and more are addressed.

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