Chapter 5

Question 1

What is addiction?

Answer 1

A) impaired control over use of drug

B) use has harmful consequences

Question 2

What is the disease model?

Answer 2

• “addiction” becomes synonymous with excessive drug abuse. An addiction is a sickness or disease.
• excessive drug use is a result of a disease condition; some abnormal biochemical or neurological state. Predisposition or exposure theory

Question 3

What is the physical dependence model?

Answer 3

• excessive drug use is maturated by the fear of withdrawal symptoms.
• addiction becomes synonymous with dependence.
• psychological dependence