Aim To discuss the contributions and future course of the psychological science of addiction.
Background The psychology of addiction includes a tremendous range of scientific activity …

Principles of Addiction provides a solid understanding of the definitional and diagnostic
differences between use, abuse, and disorder. It describes in great detail the characteristics …

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 …

This paper treats addiction as a problem of motivation, and reviews three main approaches
to understanding motivation as applied to addiction: decision-theory, drive theory and …

The last three decades in psychological research have been marked by interdisciplinary
science. Addiction represents a prime example of a disorder marked by a complex …

Reviews models and theories of addiction that deal with mechanisms and processes that go
beyond immediate observation. Five groups of theories are discussed, those that:(1) …

Conceptualizing addiction has been a matter of great debate for decades. Although the
opening quote is not recent, it still holds true despite the enormous amount of research into …

The etiology of addiction has a long history of clinical and scientific interest, which is
characterized by differences in conceptual approach, conflicting data and public …

Here we provide a selective review of significant evolving trends in the study of addictive
behavior, especially those deriving from psychology and the behavioral sciences. As clinical …

In the treatment of addictions and their psychological understanding, cognitive-behavioural
and motivation approaches have been paramount. In contrast, the psychodynamic …