Further reading

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Ryan, F. (2013). Cognitive Therapy for Addiction: Motivation and Change. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. (Excellent blend of evidence about cognitive processes in addiction, with more practical information on how to apply this knowledge to CBT.)

Watson, B., & Lingford-Hughes, A. (2007). Pharmacological treatment of addiction. Psychiatry, 6(7): 309–312. (A brief but comprehensive review of drug treatments.)

West, R., & Brown, J. (2013). Theory of Addiction (2nd edition). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. (This is a fairly short but comprehensive book on theoretical models of addiction, which contains lots of useful examples.)