The Routledge handbook of philosophy and science of addiction / / edited by Hanna Pickard and Serge H Ahmed.

• Superior document: Routledge handbooks in philosophy
• Author: Levy, Neil
• TeilnehmendeR: Ahmed, Serge H,; Pickard, Hanna,
• Place / Publishing House: Boca Raton, FL : : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis,, 2018.
• Year of Publication: 2019; 2018
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Routledge handbooks in philosophy.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (601 pages).
• Other title: chapter Introduction /; chapter PART I What is addiction? --; chapter SECTION A Conceptions of addiction --; chapter 1 The puzzle of addiction /; chapter 2 Deriving addiction: an analysis based on three elementary features of making choices /; chapter 3 The picoeconomics of addiction /; chapter 4 Addiction as a disorder of self-control /; chapter 5 Addiction: the belief oscillation hypothesis /; chapter 6 Chpater 6: Addiction and moral psychology /; chapter 7 Identity and addiction /; chapter 8 The harmful dysfunction analysis of addiction: normal brains and abnormal states of mind /; chapter 9 The evolutionary signicance of drug toxicity over reward /; chapter SECTION B Varieties, taxonomies, and models of addiction --; chapter 10 Dening addiction: a pragmatic perspective /; chapter 11 Diagnosis of addictions /; chapter 12 Reconsidering addiction as a syndrome: one disorder with multiple expressions /; chapter 13 Developing general models and theories of addiction /; chapter 14 Gambling disorder /; chapter 15 Food addiction /; chapter 16 “A walk on the wild side” of addiction: the history and signicance of animal models /; chapter PART II Explaining addiction: culture, pathways, mechanisms --; chapter SECTION A Anthropological, historical, and socio-psychological perspectives --; chapter 17 Power and addiction /; chapter 18 Sociology of addiction /; chapter 19 The fuzzy boundaries of illegal drug markets and why they matter /; chapter 20 Multiple commitments: heterogeneous histories of neuroscientic addiction research /; chapter SECTION B Developmental processes, vulnerabilities, and resilience --; chapter 21 The epidemiological approach: an overview of methods and models /; chapter 22 A genetic framework for addiction /; chapter 23 Choice impulsivity: a drug-modiable personality trait /; chapter 24 Stress and addiction /; chapter SECTION C Psychological and neural mechanisms --; chapter 25 Mechanistic models for understanding addiction as a behavioural disorder /; chapter 26 Controlled and automatic learning processes in addiction /; chapter 27 Decision-making dysfunctions in addiction /; chapter 28 The current status of the incentive sensitization theory of addiction /; chapter 29 Resting-state and structural brain connectivity in individuals with stimulant addiction: a systematic review /; chapter 30 Imaging dopamine signaling in addiction /; chapter 31 The neurobiology of placebo eects /; chapter 32 Brain mechanisms and the disease model of addiction: is it the whole story of the addicted self? A philosophical- skeptical perspective /; chapter PART III Consequences, responses, and the meaning of addiction --; chapter SECTION A Listening and relating to addicts --; chapter 33 The Outcasts Project: humanizing heroin users through documentary photography and photo-elicitation /; chapter 34 Our stories, our knowledge: the importance of addicts’ epistemic authority in treatment /; chapter 35 Reactive attitudes, relationships, and addiction /; chapter SECTION B Prevention, treatment, and spontaneous recovery --; chapter 36 Contingency management approaches /; chapter 37 Twelve-step fellowship and recovery from addiction /; chapter 38 Opioid substitution treatment and harm minimization approaches /; chapter 39 Self-change: genesis and functions of a concept /; chapter SECTION C Ethics, law, and policy --; chapter 40 Addiction: a structural problem of modern global society /; chapter 41 Don’t be fooled by the euphemistic language attesting to a gentler war on drugs /; chapter 42 Drug legalization and public health: general issues, and the case of cannabis /; chapter 43 Addiction and drug (de)criminalization /; chapter 44 Criminal law and addiction /; chapter 45 Addiction and mandatory treatment /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1317423402; 1315689197; 1317423410
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Hanna Pickard and Serge H Ahmed.

The problem of addiction is one of the major challenges and controversies confronting medicine and society. It also poses important and complex philosophical and scientific problems. What is addiction? Why does it occur? And how should we respond to it, as individuals and as a society?conceptions of addiction developmental processes Essential reading for students and researchers in addiction research and in philosophy, particularly philosophy of mind and psychology and ethics, The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction will also be of great interest to those in related fields, such as medicine, mental health, social work, and social policy.evolution and addiction history, sociology and anthropology methods and models of addiction population distribution and epidemiology prevention, treatment and spontaneous recovery psychological and neural mechanisms public health and the ethics of caresocial justice, law and policy.The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy and Science of Addiction is an outstanding reference source to the key topics, problems and debates in this exciting subject. It spans several disciplines and is the first collection of its kind. Organised into three clear parts, forty-five chapters by a team of international contributors examine key areas, including:the meaning of addiction to individualsvarieties and taxonomies of addiction vulnerabilities and resilience.