Hand of Addiction - A Transcontextual and Autoethnographic Becoming

The Hand of Addiction maps out addiction from an innovative and holistic perspective. Using the metaphor of a hand, the author examines addiction through five conceptual lenses- biomedical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual.

List of contents

01. Introduction 02. Biological—The Thumb 03. Psychological— The Index Finger 04. Sociocultural—The Middle Finger 05. Developmental—The Ring Finger 06. Spiritual—The Pinky Figer 07. Playing Jazz 08. Working With Addiction

About the author

Weston Robins is President and Founder of Eternal Strength Center for Radical Youth Work. He obtained his PhD in Psychology from the University of West Georgia in 2022. He is currently working in the fields of youth work studies, addiction studies, and broad-based critical psychologies as a researcher, teacher, and clinical practitioner.

Summary

The Hand of Addiction maps out addiction from an innovative and holistic perspective. Using the metaphor of a hand, the author examines addiction through five conceptual lenses- biomedical, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual.

Product details

• Authors: Weston Robins
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032738109
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3273810-9
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior, Addiction & therapy, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Psychotherapy, Health psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Addiction and therapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis