Addictive Behaviour: Molecules to Mankind: Perspectives on the Nature of Addiction

Foreword - Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; A.Bonner & J.Waterhouse - SECTION 1: ADDICTIONS IN SOCIETY - From Toddies to Toads: an Overview of Addictive Behaviour; P.Davis - Addictions in Industrialised Society; A.Bonner - Illegal Aspects of Drug Misuse; D.Stanbury - SECTION 2: THE BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS OF THE ADDICTIONS - The Neurobiological Background to the Study of Addiction; A.A-B.Badawy - Exogenous Drugs and Brain Damage; W.Caan - Substance Music and Tissue Pathology with Special Reference to the Heart; V.R.Preedy, H.J.F.Why, V.B.Patel, A.B.Bonner & P.J.Richardson -SECTION 3: ADDICTIONS AND THE STUDY OF MIND - Personality and Addictive Behaviour; C.Otter & C.Martin - Locus of Control and Addictive Behaviour; C.Martin & C.Otter - Alcohol, Memory and Cognition; C.Martin & G.Hewitt - Cognitive-behavioural Approaches to Changing Addictive Behaviours; P.Davis - SECTION 4: MOLECULES, MOOD AND ADDICTIVE BEHAVIOUR - Craving, Fancies, Fact and Folklore; D.Peers - The Biological Basis of Bulimia Nervosa; S.Brien -Molecules, Brain and Addictive Behaviour; A.Bonner - SECTION 5: ALCOHOL ABUSE IN SOCIETY -Estimating the Prevalence of Alcohol Related Conditions: The Use of Routine Health Data; G.Waldron - Alcohol and Traumatic Brain; C.Eberhardie & A.Bonner - The Role of Clinical Forensic Medicine in the Assessment of Alcohol Misuse in the Community; J.Payne-James -Alcohol in Society: Case Studies - Case Study 1: Identifying Women at Risk of Alcohol Dependency; M.Millar - Case Study 2: Alcohol Abuse in the Elderly; M.Chad - Case Study 3: Therapeutic Use of Alcohol in the Elderly; P.Simpson - Case Study 4: An Investigation into the Drinking Behaviour of Students; M.Cooksey - Methodology and Interpretive Problems: Do Studies on Shiftwork show a Parallel with Studies on Addiction?; J.Waterhouse & A.Bonner - Concluding Comments - Index