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Stanton Peele is an American psychologist, author, and critic of conventional addiction theory. In Love and Addiction, published in 1975 with Archie Brodsky, he argued that compulsive involvement can arise from relationships between people, behavior, and social environment rather than from a fixed disease alone. His later writing continued to emphasize learning, culture, personal agency, and harm reduction, making his work relevant to debates about how dependency is defined and treated.
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What is Stanton Peele known for in addiction psychology?
Stanton Peele is an American psychologist, author, and critic of conventional addiction theory. His work emphasizes the roles of relationships, behavior, and social environment in compulsive involvement.
What is Love and Addiction about?
Love and Addiction is a 1975 book written by Stanton Peele and Archie Brodsky. It argues that compulsive involvement can arise from interactions between people, behavior, and their social environment.
How does Stanton Peele differ from disease-model addiction theories?
Peele has criticized approaches that treat addiction only as a fixed disease inside the individual. His work instead examines learning, relationships, surroundings, and the function a behavior serves.
Who co-wrote Love and Addiction with Stanton Peele?
Archie Brodsky co-wrote Love and Addiction with Stanton Peele. The book was published in 1975 and became an important text in Peele's criticism of conventional addiction theory.
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