Substance abuse lifestyle session

Question 1

What does the moral model suggest about how substance abuse should be tackled?

Answer 1

Drug abuse is a weakness of individual self morals, therefore more personal discipline is needed to overcome this

Question 2

What does the medical model suggest about how substance abuse should be tackled?

Answer 2

Recognises that substances are addicitive and cause negative health outcomes

Question 3

What does the alcoholics anonymous/ minnesota approach teach about substance abuse?

Answer 3

Excess substance abuse is a disease - chronic progressive and fatal
Abstaining is the only cure
Recovery must by moral, spiritual and self esteem focused

Question 4

What does behavioural psychology model/ learning model teach about substance abuse?

Answer 4

Alcohol learnt as a coping mechanism or a natural social response
Need to break the patterns of bhevaiour associated with substance abuse

Question 5

What does the biopsychosocial model suggest about substance abuse?

Answer 5

Holistic view
Considering biological (addiction in brain), psychosocial (coping mechanism) and social (cultural) components