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What led to the ‘moral model’ of addiction?

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Attempts by religious groups to control excess

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What was the principle of the ‘moral model’ of addiction?

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Drunkenness = sin

  • self-directed change demanded of the “sinner”
  • failure resulted in intensified prayer or punishment
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What characterised the ‘gin craze’ of the 1730s - 1740s in Great Britain?

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Fast importation of gin which was becoming the drink of the poor

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Which idea did physicians raise in early 19th century?

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Habit of drunkenness as a disease of the mind

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Who first used the term ‘alcoholism’?

What was its meaning?

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Dr Magnus Huss (1851)

  • alcoholism: disease relating to overconsumption of alcohol
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What did the emerging educated middle class in victorian society against intoxication and drunkenness?

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Moral causes to improve the health of the working poor

  • intoxication / drunkenness not compatible with workers using machinery
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What was the Temperance movement (19th century)?

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Philanthropic lobby group that formed strong alliances with the Church to praise mass abstinence

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What was the Society for the Study and Cure of inebriety (19th century)?

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Provided a place for temperance performers, physicians and public health doctors to discuss the problem of excessive alcohol consumption

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How was the ‘medical model’ of addiction born?

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With the Society for the Study and Cure of inebriety (19th century):

  • temperance performers, physicians and public health doctors discussed the problem of excessive alcohol consumption
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What came with the emerging ‘medical model’ of addiction (19th century)?

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> First attempts at treatment:
- secluded the inebriate in houses in the countryside

> Moral component still present
- worthy vs. unworthy drunk (case vs. non-case)

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How was the term ‘alcoholism’ used with the new medical model of addiction?

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To describe a worthy person suffering from a progressive disease, and who required help

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How did the Temperance movement use the term ‘addiction’?

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Narrow moralised and medicalised meaning

  • limited to drinkers
  • always morally reprehensible
  • referred to progressive disease
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What was the leading image of addiction the late 19th and early 20th century in Great Britain?

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According to Temperance movement:

  • limited to drinkers
  • always morally reprehensible
  • referred to progressive disease
  • “overwhelming involvement”
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How did the definition of addiction evolve in the mid-20th century?

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Large scope, encompassing all socially unacceptable uses of alcohol and other drugs

-> less precise definition

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What does the “loss of the soul” refer in addiction?

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People don’t just change what they do, they change who they are

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What are the four descriptions of the term “addiction” described by Bruce Alexander in ‘Globalisation of Addiction’ (2008)?

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  1. Multitude of habits and pursuits related only to alcohol
    - narrow definition used by Temperance movement
  2. Any use of prohibited substance
    - rising psychoactive drugs in 20s
  3. Gambling and other behaviours
    - emerging scientific evidence
  4. Behaviours that are not considered part of treatable illness
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How can we measure problems?

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  1. Categorical measurement
  2. Ordinal measurement
  3. Dimensional measurement
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What does the categorical classification system consist of?

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> Assessment of presence or absence of an attribute
or
Selection of best category for an individual from a set of options

-> process of diagnosis (= basis of medicine)

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What does the dimensional classification system consist of?

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Quantitative assessment of specific attribute along a continuum of intensity, frequency, or severity

  • e.g. blood pressure, symptom level, personality traits
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What does the ordinal classification system consist of?

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> Categories that are ordered

  • e.g. low, medium, high
  • > refines the diagnostic system

> “Cut points” can be used to convert scales into ordinals
- indicate thresholds for membership in a category

-> Practical compromise between categorical and dimensional

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What are the three prominent reasons to make a diagnosis?

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  1. Better communication between professionals and patients
  2. Helps guide treatment
  3. Informs prognosis
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What is a syndrome?

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A clustering of signs and symptoms

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How does a syndrome permit clinical recognition?

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Signs and symptoms must be sufficiently regular and coherent

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What was the consequence of the lack of quantifiable data on diagnosis?

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Vague and poorly defined relationship between symptoms and diagnosis

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What was needed to counter the lack of quantifiable data for diagnosis?

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Standardisation of diagnosis through ‘operational definitions’

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What did the US-UK Diagnostic Project (Cooper et al., 1972) reveal?

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  • Psychiatrists in New York and London were given vignettes to diagnose
  • New Yorkers were twice as likely to diagnose schizophrenia
  • because they used a broad psychodynamic concept of diagnosis

-> need of standardisation of diagnosis

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What are the two major diagnostic standards?

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  1. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
    - APA
  2. International Classification of Disease (ICD)
    - WHO
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How was substance use characterised in the DSM (1952)?

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Alcoholism, drug addiction grouped in deep seated personality disturbance

  • no clear symptoms defined
  • “underlying brain or personality disorder”
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How was substance use characterised in the DSM-II (1968)?

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> Still characterised as personality disorder

> Addition of:
- physiological signs of dependence (withdrawal/tolerance)

> Based on Jellinek’s ‘The disease concept of Alcoholism’ (1960)

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How did Jellinek classify alcoholism (alcohol abuse) (1960)?

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In term of severity:

  • Alpha
  • Beta

> Full syndrome of physiological and psychological dependence

  • Gamma
  • Delta
  • Epsilon
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Who was Griffith Edwards (1928-2012)?

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Considered father of addiction psychiatry in the UK

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How did Griffith Edwards define alcohol dependance in ‘The Description of the Alcohol Dependance Syndrome’ (1976)?

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Medical definition: Alcohol Dependance Syndrom (ADS)

  • Narrowing of drinking repertoire
  • Salience of drink-seeking behaviour
  • Relief from symptoms when drinking
  • Increased physical tolerance to alcohol
  • Repeated withdrawal symptoms when abstaining
  • Reinstatement (relapse) after abstinence
  • Awareness of compulsion to drink
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What are the two separate diagnoses defined with the work of Griffith Edwards (1976)?

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Alcohol abuse vs. Alcohol dependence

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How were alcohol abuse and alcohol dependence differentiated?

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With a spectrum:
> Proper use

> Hazardous use
- use of drug other than directed

> Misuse / abuse

  • problematic behaviour
  • use in risky situations
  • use despite adverse consequences

> Dependence
- at least 3 features of alcohol dependence syndrome (ADS) as stated by Griffith Edwards (1976)

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How was substance use characterised in the DSM-III (1980)?

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> First category for substance use disorders

> Abuse and dependence considered two separate conditions

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How was substance use characterised in the DSM-III-R (1987)?

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Addition of behavioural and physiological aspects given equal weight

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How was substance use characterised in the DSM-IV (1994)?

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> 12 classes of drugs

> Problems
- e.g. intoxication, withdrawal, dementia, amnestic syndrome, psychotic/mood disorders

> Clear separation of abuse and dependence

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How was substance use characterised in the DSM-IV-TR (2000)?

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> Specific number of criteria required for criteria

> Problem of “diagnostic orphans”

> Abuse = pejorative term

> Dependence = physiological adaptation

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What characterises the diagnostic criteria of alcohol abuse in the DSM-IV?

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Abuse is inferior to dependence

- it has no criteria of dependence

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What characterises the criteria of alcohol dependence in the DSM-IV?

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Maladaptive pattern of alcohol abuse, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, manifested by 3 or more occurring during the same 12-month period:

  • Tolerance
  • Withdrawal
  • Impaired control
  • Neglect of activities
  • Time spent drinking
  • Drinking despite problems
41
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What was discussed by Hasin et al. (2013) in their review on substance abuse criteria in the DSM-5?

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  1. Should abuse and dependence be kept as separate diagnoses?
    - Item Response Theory analysis
    - > no
  2. What should the diagnostic threshold be?
    - Categorical system needed because diagnosis is key in medicine
    - > set a number of symptoms as criteria
  3. How should severity be represented?
    - As criteria count increases so does likelihood of SUD risk factors and consequences
    - > use criteria count (2-11) as overall severity indicator
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What characterises the definition of substance use disorder in the DSM-5 (2013)?

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> 11 criteria

> term “addiction” is not used at all

> Severity of disorder:

  • 2 to 3 symptoms present in last year = mild
  • 4 to 5 = moderate
  • 6 and more = severe
43
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What is addiction?

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Disorder involving loss of the normal flexibility of human behaviour, leaving a dehumanised state of compulsive behaviour

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Why was the term “dependence” removed from the latest version of the DSM regarding addiction?

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Confusion around the terminology:
- dependence used for severe end of spectrum

  • BUT may refer to physiological aspects of addiction

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