Week 3 Topics Flashcards
Five dimensions in drug use
Commencement, maintenance, escalation, cessation and recommencement / relapse
4 Persepctives
Moral | biological | psychological | sociological
Moral Model
based on belief that drug use is wrong, a personal choice due to weak character.
Biological Theories
Pre-existing or chemical, physiological or structural abnormailty is the cause of substance abuse (trauma or early stressors in life) [Disease | neurobiology | genetic | brain dysfuntion | biochemical | allergy]
Psychological
examine in context of individuals behavior (learning | personality | psychodynamic | humanistic | attachment | rational)
Maslows Hierarchy of needs
biological, physiological | safety | belonging | esteem | cognitive | aesthetic | self-actualization | transendence
Sociological Theories
drug use in context of entire society, events such as ceremony, ritual, politics, media. (Cultural | Subcultural | Deviant behavior | marxist | availability - control | environmental stress)