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The Many Models of AddictionArticle Summary: The various models of addiction are examined in this article to better understand how to best treat drug, alcohol, and prescription drug addiction.
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The American Society of Addiction Medicine positions itself the definitive voice of addiction treatment in the US. The research and treatment standards they report have sought to secure that position since the association's inception in 1954. The disease model is strong is their camp. With a growing plurality of voices in the drug dependency treatment choir, rather than making a bold, foolish statement like "the disease-concept is outmoded and antiquated," it seems more practical and constructive to offer opportunities for some of the other voices in the choir to chip in.
The experiential model - Supported by Dr. Stanton Peele, this model starts with the premise that addictions occur in the context of experiences of varying kinds of involvements, some drug-related, others not. Peele regularly contributes to to Psychology Today. Peele also stands as a fierce opponent of the 12-step crowd, which is what initially placed him on my radar. Peele is extremely active in the public arena, and his contributions for Psychology Today and the Huffington Post are rarely far from my bedside table iPad.
The free-will model, better known as the life-process model, was brought to light by the deceased SUNY Syracuse professor Thomas Szasz. Life-process maintains a similar footing to the experiential model, but in a more strict libertarian context. The free-will model is defined exactly as it sounds, placing elevated importance on the idea that addiction cannot be a illness, because it is essentially a behavior (i.e. a series of choices). The APA and NIMN do not agree with this model, for somewhat apparent reasons, but humanists continue to appreciate it. Since Szasz's passing, Dr. Jeffery A. Schaler has held the line, further refining the ideas central to free-will in the context of substance dependency. Schaler seeks "to place responsibility for excessive drug-taking where it is usually absent in public dialogue: on the individual drug-user."
The pleasure model was first introduced by Nils Bejerot, who is most notable [url=http://www.tagverts.com/barbour.php]barbour deutschland[/url] for coining the term Stockholm Syndrome. Bejerot is an impressively prolific academic, publishing more than 600 papers most of which espouse a zero tolerance approach to drug laws, including cannabis. Through the lens of the pleasure model, addiction "is an emotional fixation acquired through learning, which intermittently or continually expresses itself in purposeful, stereotyped behavior with the character and force of a natural drive, aiming at a specific pleasure or the avoidance of a specific discomfort." Bejerot continues: "Stimulation with drugs is [url=http://www.dearilievi.it]piumini moncler outlet[/url] only one of many ways, but one of the simplest, strongest, and often the most destructive." The knee-jerk reaction to addiction prompted widespread changes to governmental drug policy in Sweden and Bejerot's notoriety also placed him in front of the US Senate, offering testimony in front of a subcommittee on illicit drugs in 1974.
The opponent-process model is a largely theoretical model that establishes a semi-simplistic cause/effect, in which psychological state A, is followed in turn by psychological state B. The name of opponent-process was derived from opponent-process color theory. Staring at the color red, followed right after by looking at a gray area of color will result in making you think you're seeing green. Soloman was something of a big shot in the ranks of American East Coast academia with degrees from Brown and Harvard. He went on to be elected to both the American Academy of Arts & Sciences as well as the National Academy of Sciences. Opponent-process w/r/t addiction looks at processes that occur [url=http://www.lotogame.fr/louboutin-pas-cher/]louboutin pas cher[/url] at the sensory level of experience, eventually translating downstream into habit-forming behavior. The premise is that hedonistic states that feel good are in modulated by mechanisms (I read this as neural, metabolic; basically inertia, most generally) that seek to diminish the intensity of the state. Over time, opponent-process obeys the law of diminished returns. The more euphoric feelings the drug-user experiences, the more accustomed they become of them, the more you want to use to return to that former state of mind, etc, etc, ad infinitum.
The cultural model is another, semi-simplistic approach which seeks to place addictive behavior into the cultural context in which it began. Through this perspective, Saudis have lower occurance of alcoholism because liquor is forbidden in Saudi Arabia. The proliferation of in gambling addiction in the US in the final two decades of the 20th century can be explained by growth in the gambling industry. Slightly specious perspective, from a [url=http://www.riad-marrakesh.fr]www.riad-marrakesh.fr[/url] statistical perspective, as correlation may or may not determine causality. Roughly half of patients diagnosed as dependent on alcohol come from family situations [url=http://miriaonline.com/item/339465]abercrombie pas cher Easy Recipes for the Culinary[/url] where alcohol is used excessively, indicating more plausibly both genetic and cultural causal factors.
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The chemical model is probably the most clinically focused upon w/r/t to new research, largely for its potential in new drug discovery. The "pleasure circuit" of the human brain includes the ventral tegmental area of the midbrain, the amygdala, and the [url=http://www.tagverts.com/barbour.php]www.tagverts.com/barbour.php[/url] nucleus accumbens. The specific regions are not as important for new drug discovery, but are still a priority for behaviorists. Drug discovery to heal addiction looks at a number of specific neuroreceptors, for example, the anadamid receptor or the enkephalin receptor, to study how brain chemistry functions w/r/t stimulus. It's worth mentioning [url=http://www.corsodiesperanto.it/hoganit.html]hogan outlet[/url] that a developing epigenetic model of addiction should begin to more clearly emerge in the coming year. Epigenetic modifications have [url=http://www.diecastlinks.co.uk]hollister uk[/url] recently discovered to be heritable, bringing into light new questions about the particulars of nature versus nurture and the role of behavior and outside stimuli in [url=http://www.corsodiesperanto.it/peuterey.php]peuterey outlet[/url] genetic heritability.
Blended model, you guessed it, blends elements of all other models to develop a therapeutic approach to treating addiction. My own biases lean me toward the blended model for what should be obvious reasons. No two people are alike, and even when encountering individuals with addictions to the same substances, there are generally nuances that have to [url=http://www.sandvikfw.net/shopuk.php]hollister sale[/url] be taken into account when developing an appropriate (i.e. effective) treatment profile.
The disease and the genetic models of drug dependency treatment are far too hot too confront. Suffice it to say, the 12-Step crowd has some vocally pronounced opinions when it comes to the disease model. Evidence-based science has to confront ongoing updates to academic and lab-based findings. In my experience, both of these contingents could learn a lot from each other. Addiction is seldom treated in a group. My own biases lean away from both camps, but take into consideration years of both research and experience, while trying my best to remain up to speed. Addiction does not geteffectively treated [url=http://www.farm-biz.co.jp/cgi-bin/light/light.cgi?page400=val]doudoune moncler Steps to Fin[/url] in a vacuum. When it's all said and done, this is an all too human endeavor.
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