Addiction Flashcards
How much alcohol is in 1 unit?
10mg/8g
What are some psychological models of addiction?
Moral Dispositional Disease Personality Biological/medical Behavioural Cognitive Behavioral Biopsychosocial Model
Who does the moral model blame?
Individual
How does the moral model describe addiction?
Wilful violations of societal rules
Result of human weakness
Nothing biologically wrong
How does the moral model indicate to treating addiction?
Moral reformation
Prison
Who does the Dispositional Disease model blame?
Indiviual
How does the dispositional disease model describe addiction?
Loss of control and restraint is a central premise
How does the dispositional disease model indicate to treat addiction?
None
Abstinence can help
Who does the personality model blame?
Individual
How does the personality model describe addiction?
Due to abnormal personality:
- Poor impulse control
- Low self-esteem
- Inability to cope with stress
- Feeling of powerlessness
- Need for control
How does the personality model indicating to treat addiction?
Change personality
Psychiatry
Who does the Biological/medical model blame for addiction?
Individual
What does the biological/medical model indicate as the problem in addiction?
Brain disorders
Pharmacology of drug
What does the behavioural model describe addiction?
- Our actions are influenced by the associations we make between our behaviour and the environment and their consequences
- Addiction as a result of well rehearsed, over-learned repertoires of behaviour.
- Taking substances is pleasurable and likely to lead to rewarding consequences resulting in continued/increased use.
How does the behavioural model indicate to treat addiction?
Substance misuse is a learned behaviour therefore treatment must involve ‘relearning new behaviours’.
