CH 26. - Psychological Models of SUDs

Question 1

Does the pharmaceutical industry have an interest in advancing addiction as a disease?

Answer 1

YES! the pharmaceutical companies would benefit from the advancement of addiction as a disease because they would create a drug/pill to assist or even cure the addiction and would financially benefit.

Question 2

Is addiction viewed as a weakness in character?

Answer 2

Some believe in the “moral model” of Personality Predisposition Theories that views addiction as a weakness, perhaps a character flaw.

Question 3

What is the “defense mechanism” theory?

Answer 3

People with SUDs have characteristic defense mechanisms used to avoid recognizing and accepting the reality of their substance use disorder:

• Denial
• Projection (“see what you made me do?”)
• Rationalization
• Minimization (“I only drink on weekends”)

Question 4

What is the Final Common Pathway Model of Addiction?

Answer 4

-the same dopamine-based reward system that evolved to help species survive are also directly or indirectly implicated in the development of addictions.

Question 5

What is the psychoanalytic school of thought on the development of addiction?

Answer 5

Addictions are learned behavior, poor psychosocial functioning, or the result of maladaptive thinking.

Question 6

What is the role of “defense mechanisms” and psychoanalytic theory?

Answer 6

To protect the individual from the reality of his or her addiction

Question 7

Which is the “addictive personality” theory?

Answer 7

Defense Mechanism Theory (Rationalization)