Addictive Behaviour: Molecules to Mankind

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Addictions in Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. From Toads to Toddies: An Overview of Addictive Behaviour

      • Paul E. Davis

      Pages 3-12

   3. Addictions in Industrialised Society

      • Adrian Bonner

      Pages 13-25

   4. Aspects of Illegal Drug Misuse

      • Deborah Stanbury

      Pages 26-37

3. Biochemical Aspects of the Addictions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39

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   2. The Neurobiological Background to the Study of Addiction

      • Abdulla A.-B. Badawy

      Pages 41-55

   3. Exogenous Drugs and Brain Damage

      • Woody Caan

      Pages 56-68

   4. Substance Misuse and Tissue Pathology with Special Reference to the Heart

      • Victor R. Preedy, Howard Why, Vinood Patel, Adrian Bonner, Peter Richardson

      Pages 69-84

4. Addictions and the Study of Mind

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85

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   2. Personality and Addictive Behaviours

      • Catherine Otter, Colin Martin

      Pages 87-120

   3. Locus of Control and Addictive Behaviour

      • Colin Martin, Catherine Otter

      Pages 121-134

   4. Alcohol, Memory and Cognition

      • Colin Martin, Gwen Hewitt

      Pages 135-157

   5. Cognitive and Behavioural Approaches to Changing Addictive Behaviours

      • Paul E. Davis

      Pages 158-175

5. Molecules, Mood and Addictive Behaviour

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177

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   2. Craving: Fancies, Fact and Folklore

      • David Peers

      Pages 179-190

   3. The Biological Basis of Bulimia Nervosa

      • Sarah Brien

      Pages 191-212

   4. Molecules, Brain and Addictive Behaviour

      • Adrian Bonner

      Pages 213-229

6. Alcohol Abuse in Society

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231

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   2. Estimating the Prevalence of Alcohol-related Conditions: The Use of Routine Health Data

      • Gerry Waldron

      Pages 233-244

In this health-conscious age there is increasing concern about tobacco smoking and inappropriate consumption levels of alcohol. Alcoholism poses an important occupational health problem which can affect an individual's personal welfare and limit his or her efficiency at work. There is concern about the increasing availability of drugs in society, the link between drug-taking and the spread of HIV in society, and the ways in which substance misuse generates more violence within society. Both excessive alcohol consumption and drug-taking may dispose an individual to antisocial actions and lead to criminal activities. By examining the underlying biological and psychological nature of these behaviours the book is intended to inform its readers of current advances in a number of relevant disciplines and to demonstrate some of the problems in collecting and interpreting information from particular groups. 2

• addiction
• alcohol
• alcoholism
• behavior
• community
• drug
• drugs
• HIV
• lead
• memory
• methodology
• nature
• personality
• research
• violence
• psychopharmacology

• Addictive Behaviour Centre Roehampton Institute, London, UK

  Adrian Bonner

• School of Biological Sciences, School of Human Biology, University of Manchester, UK

  James Waterhouse

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