Comprehensive in scope, The Encyclopedia of Addictions and Addictive Behaviors covers many common addictions, including alcoholism, gambling, and OxyContin, as well as their relating behaviors.

Table of Contents

• Foreword: Hope for Those with Addictions
• Introduction: Addiction and Addictive Behaviors
• A
• acknowledgment of addiction
• acquaintance and date rape
• addiction
• addiction and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• addiction and pregnancy
• addiction and the workplace
• addiction in seniors
• addiction to cosmetic surgery
• addictive behaviors
• addictive personality
• alcohol abuse
• alcohol and violence
• alcohol breath tests
• alcohol poisoning
• alcohol use
• alcoholic blackouts
• alcoholic health problems
• alcoholic pancreatitis
• alcoholism
• alprazolam (Xanax)
• amphetamine addiction
• anabolic steroid addiction
• anorexia nervosa
• anxiety disorders
• athletes and addiction
• B
• barbiturates
• beer and alcoholism
• behavior modification treatment of addiction
• benzodiazepines
• binge drinking
• binge-eating disorder (BED)
• bipolar disorder
• blood alcohol levels
• bulimia nervosa
• buprenorphine
• C
• caffeine addiction
• cancer and addiction
• carisoprodol addiction
• child abuse
• cirrhosis and alcoholism
• cocaine
• college students and addiction
• compulsive shopping
• crack cocaine
• crime and addiction
• D
• date rape drugs
• depression
• designer drugs
• detoxification
• dextromethorphan
• disulfiram (Antabuse)
• drug abuse and dependence and health problems
• drug addiction
• drug courts
• drug testing
• drug-free zones
• dual diagnosis and substance abuse
• E
• Ecstasy
• emergency treatment for substance abuse
• emphysema
• enablers of addiction
• exercise addiction/dependence
• F
• fatty liver disease
• fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
• G
• gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)
• genetic predisposition to addiction or addictive behaviors
• H
• hallucinations and substance abuse
• hallucinogenic mushrooms
• hashish
• hepatitis
• heroin
• homelessness and addiction
• I
• impaired driving
• impulse control disorders
• inhalants
• Internet addiction disorder
• Internet as a vehicle for addictive behaviors
• L
• lung cancer
• lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
• M
• marijuana
• Master Settlement Agreement (MSA)
• mental illness and addiction
• methadone abuse and addiction
• methamphetamine
• military veterans and addiction
• morphine
• N
• nicotine
• nicotine replacement
• O
• obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
• opiates
• oral cancer
• overeating as an addictive behavior
• oxycodone addiction
• P
• pain management and addiction
• pathological gambling
• phencyclidine (PCP)
• physicians with addiction problems
• prescription drug abuse
• R
• rehabilitation
• S
• scheduled drugs
• schizophrenia and addiction
• sex addiction
• smokeless tobacco
• smoking
• substance abuse
• substance abuse (effect on children)
• substance abuse treatment facilities
• suicide and addiction
• T
• teenage drug abuse
• teenage smoking
• teenage alcohol use, trends and attitudes
• television addiction
• treatment contract
• Twelve Steps
• W
• withdrawal in substance abuse