Principles of Addiction

《成瘾的原理》提供了对使用、滥用和障碍的明确的、诊断上有价值的差异的可信赖的理解。它浓墨重彩地描述了这些症状的特征和不同的发病机制。
本书的三个主要版块考察了成瘾的本质，包括流行病学、症状和病程；青少年和大学生的酒精和药物使用；以及详细描述了多种成瘾性行为和障碍，不仅包括了药物和酒店，还有咖啡因、食物、赌博、运动、性、工作、社交和许多其他领域。
本卷在提供了对本领域的基本介绍同时深入回顾了我们当下对成瘾性行为的本质和过程的深度理解，这一点特别重要。《全面了解成瘾行为和障碍》这套系列从书共三册，有2500页，其中包含了《成瘾的原理》。本系列提供了目前的成瘾行为和障碍知识大全。简而言之，它是关于成瘾的权威参考书。

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 of these syndromes and various etiological models.
The book's three main sections examine the nature of addiction, including epidemiology, symptoms, and course; alcohol and drug use among adolescents and college students; and detailed descriptions of a wide variety of addictive behaviors and disorders, encompassing not only drugs and alcohol, but caffeine, food, gambling, exercise, sex, work, social networking, and many other areas.
This volume is especially important in providing a basic introduction to the field as well as an in-depth review of our current understanding of the nature and process of addictive behaviors.
Principles of Addiction is one of three volumes comprising the 2,500-page series, Comprehensive Addictive Behaviors and Disorders. This series provides the most complete collection of current knowledge on addictive behaviors and disorders to date. In short, it is the definitive reference work on addictions.