Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Written by leaders in the addictions field, 100 authors from six countries, this handbook offers a guide to the breadth and depth of addiction processes. Through a detailed explanation of appetitive motivation, incentive sensitization, reward deficiency, and behavioural economics it provides readers with the necessary conceptual underpinnings to fully grasp this area. Both clinical and research methods are clearly mapped out alongside an outline of their strengths and weaknesses, giving the reader the tools needed to help guide their research and practice aims. The etiology of addiction at various levels of analysis is discussed, including neurobiology, cognition, culture, and environment, which simultaneously lays out the foundations and high-level discourse to serve both novice and expert researchers and clinicians. The volume also explores the prevention and treatment of addictions including alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, food, gambling, sex, work, shopping, the internet, and several seldom-investigated behaviors (e.g., love, tanning, exercise). This practical advice is accompanied with suggestions for future research"--