Discusses the concept of motivational compulsion in the understanding of addiction and
dependence. Questions are raised as to whether compulsion is indicative of irresistibility, or …

Provides an account of core knowledge in the field of addictions for students, academics,
professionals and trainees in psychology, psychiatry, social work and related health …

Addiction is a promising phenomenon for gaining insight into how motivation (wanting and
liking) interacts with control of behavior. Some have proposed that addiction primarily …

Addiction is fundamentally a problem of motivation. That is the author's central thesis, and he
hastens to clarify what he does not mean in stating it. The author does not mean to say that …

The excessive appetite model of addiction is summarized. The paper begins by considering
the forms of excessive appetite which a comprehensive model should account for …

Rewards are both “liked” and “wanted,” and those 2 words seem almost interchangeable.
However, the brain circuitry that mediates the psychological process of “wanting” a particular …

Despite a wealth of recent empirical findings, the debate on addiction remains polarized
along traditional lines. In one camp stand those who see the characteristic actions of addicts …

The concept of compulsion, in which addictive behaviour is said to be carried out against the
will, is central to the disease theory of addiction and ubiquitous in modern definitions. The …

The article discusses about the issues of brain disease model of addiction. Two polarized
views of addiction, and the seemingly endless dispute between them, go way back. The …

Abstract This Special Issue contains articles that highlight empirical approaches to addiction
that have clear theoretical relevance as well as articles that present significant theoretical …