Theory of Addiction -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: journey to the centre of addiction -- Preparing for the journey -- In the end -- What this book does -- The synthetic theory of addiction in brief -- References -- 2 Definition, theory and observation -- Defining addiction (addiction is not an elephant) -- Diagnosing and measuring addiction -- Theory and supposition -- 'Big observations' in the field of addiction -- Recapitulation -- References -- 3 Beginning the journey: addiction as choice -- Addiction as a reflective choice -- Box 3.1 The myth of addiction -- Box 3.2 Vaguely right or precisely wrong? The Theory of Rational Addiction -- Box 3.3 The Self-medication Model of addiction -- Box 3.4 Opponent Process Theory -- Irrational, ill-informed choice and unstable preferences -- Box 3.5 Expectancy Theories -- Box 3.6 Skog's Choice Theory -- Box 3.7 Slovic's Affect Heuristic -- Box 3.8 Cognitive Bias Theories -- Box 3.9 Behavioural Economic Theories -- Box 3.10 Gateway Theory -- Box 3.11 The Transtheoretical Model of behaviour change -- Box 3.12 Identity shifts and behaviour change -- Addiction as the exercise of choice based on desires -- References -- 4 Choice is not enough: the concepts of impulse and self-control -- Reports of feelings of compulsion -- Powerful motives versus impaired control -- Box 4.1 The Disease Model of addiction -- Personality and addiction typologies -- Box 4.2 Tridimensional Personality Theory -- Self-efficacy -- Box 4.3 Self-efficacy Theory -- The transition from lapse to relapse -- Box 4.4 The Abstinence Violation Effect -- Impulse control -- Box 4.5 Inhibition Dysregulation Theory -- Self-regulation as a broadly based concept -- Box 4.6 Self-regulation Theory -- Urges and craving -- Box 4.7 A Cognitive Model of Drug Urges -- Addiction as a failure of self-control over desires and urges -- References.

5 Addiction, habit and instrumental learning -- Instrumental learning -- Box 5.1 Instrumental learning (operant conditioning) and addiction -- Mechanisms underpinning instrumental learning -- Box 5.2 The Dopamine Theory of Drug Reward -- Box 5.3 Addiction arising from functional neurotoxicity of drugs -- Classical conditioning -- Box 5.4 Classical conditioning and addiction -- More complex learning models -- Box 5.5 Addiction as a learning/memory process -- Box 5.6 Incentive Sensitisation Theory -- Box 5.7 Balfour's theory of differential drug effects within the nucleus accumbens -- Social learning -- Box 5.8 Social Learning Theory -- Associative learning -- References -- 6 Addiction in populations, and comprehensive theories -- Addiction in populations -- Box 6.1 Diffusion Theory -- Comprehensive theories of addiction -- Box 6.2 Excessive Appetites Theory -- Box 6.3 The Pathways Model of pathological gambling -- What is addiction and how can we explain it? -- References -- 7 Development of a comprehensive theory -- A functional classification of theories of addiction -- Addiction as reflective choice -- Addiction as irrational choice -- Addiction, compulsion and self-control -- Addiction, instrumental learning and habit -- Addiction, choice, compulsion and habit -- References -- 8 A synthetic theory of motivation -- Understanding behaviour in context: the COM-B model -- Focus on motivational theory -- The human motivational system -- Structure and function of the human motivational system -- The 'head model' -- Momentum and inertia -- Adaptation: ways in which experience affects motivational disposition -- The 'representational system', consciousness and dual process models -- Self and self-control -- Mental effort and motivational resources -- What motivates us -- The unstable mind -- A summary: key propositions from PRIME theory -- References.

9 A theory of addiction -- Addiction is -- The pathologies underlying addiction -- A return to some 'big observations' about addiction -- The abnormalities underlying addiction -- Effects of interventions -- Recommendations and predictions regarding addiction interventions -- Testing the theory -- First results -- Conclusions -- References -- Index.