Addiction is viewed from a range of perspectives that often seem incompatible and perhaps incommensurable. This volume presents the major visions of addiction in contemporary science and therapy, including cognitive-behavior, medical-disease, adaptive, genetic, neurobehavioral, social, learning, ego-analytic, and moral models of addiction. Although we must examine the bases of these diverse visions in order to make sense of the welter of conflicting views of addiction, it is not necessary to surrender to nihilism or relativism in response to their diversity and contradictoriness.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
ChaneyE. F.O'LearyM. R.MarlattG. A.1978Skill Training with Alcoholics. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology46:1092–1104.
2.
FranksL.1985A New Attack on Alcoholism. New York Times Magazine, October 20:47–50, 61–69.
3.
LeventhalH.1982The Integration of Emotion and Cognition. In ClarkM. S.FiskeS. T. (eds.), Affect and Cognition: The 17th Annual Symposium on Cognition. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
4.
MacAndrewC.1981What the MAC Scale Tells Us About Men Alcoholics: An Interpretive Review. Journal of Studies on Alcohol42:604–625.
5.
MacAndrewC.EdgertonR.1969Drunken Comportment: A Social Explanation. Chicago: Aldine.
6.
PeeleS.1985The Meaning of Addiction. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books.
7.
PeeleS. in press Fools for Love: The Romantic Ideal, Psychological Theory, and Addictive Love. In SternbergR. J.BarnesM. (eds.), Anatomy of Love. New Haven: Yale University Press.
8.
TiffanyS. T.BakerT. B.1986Tolerance to Alcohol: Psychological Models and their Application to Alcoholism. Annals of Behavioral Medicine8:7–12.
9.
WiensA. N.MenustikC. E.1983Treatment Outcome and Patient Characteristics in an Aversion Therapy Program for Alcoholism. American Psychologist38:1089–1096.
