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Addiction as choice? Yes. As melioration? Maybe, maybe not
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 19 (4):597-598 (1996)
Abstract
Melioration is not superior and may be inferior to other extensions of behavioral choice theory to addiction studies. Progress in the addiction field will be accelerated by the demise of the disease model rather than by attempting to resolve the contradictions it has created.Other Versions
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The consciousness of self.William James - 1890 - In The Principles of Psychology. London, England: Dover Publications.
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