Psychological Models of Addiction

Question 1

first model that surfaced around addiction?

Answer 1

moral model

Question 2

was the moral model effective?

Answer 2

no, it blamed people for being addicted to something and saw them as devious

Question 3

which models centred the patient as the primary causal factor for their addiction?

Answer 3

dispositional disease model
moral model
personality model

Question 4

which model deems the disease of addiction to be irreversible?

Answer 4

dispositional disease model

Question 5

after _ weeks of abstinence, withdrawal symptoms tend to go away?

Answer 5

3-4

Question 6

first model to associate addiction with a psychiatric issue?

Answer 6

personality model

Question 7

first model to identify a scientific process behind addiction

Answer 7

biological/medical model

Question 8

how hereditary is addiction?

Answer 8

50%

Question 9

problem with medical management of addiction?

Answer 9

good at preventing harm

less effective in promoting abstinence

Question 10

what is habit formation?

Answer 10

an acquired behaviour pattern regularly followed until it almost becomes involuntary