THEORETICAL MODELS OF ADDICTION
TEST BANK UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS SUCCESS KIT
●● According to the AMA a phenomenon must meet four criteria is
order to be classified as a disease. A phenomenon (such as alcoholism)
must:
Answer: 1) Be progressive
2) Manifest identifiable symptoms
3) Occur chronically in affected individuals
4) Be fatal if left untreated
●● The two most basic understandings of the
disease concept are:
Answer: (1) "alcoholism is a disease with genetic, psychological, and
environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations",
and
(2) the "primary treatment goal [of this model] is abstinence".
●● The medicalization of addiction serves three main purposes:
Answer: (1) it alters the cultural context of addiction from one of moral
weakness and societal rejection to a context of mental, if not physical
illness, that can be treated;
, (2) its provides a viable political structure from which individuals can
lobby for resources and funding to support treatment for addicted
persons; and
(3) it creates a platform from which the history of addiction and
addiction treatment can be chronicled genetically, psychologically, and
environmentally.
●● Implicit in [the disease model] approach is the assumption that the
'addict' ____________________
_____________________________________________________ due to
the overpowering influence of internal physiological forces [and
sometimes physical
symptoms] such as _______________________________________
_____________________
Answer: -cannot voluntarily control his or her [drinking]/ drug-taking
behavior
-compulsions, cravings, or irresistible urges
●● Relapse occurs when an individual ___________________ any type
of ___________________ including alcohol regardless of the duration
or intensity of its effect.
Answer: intentionally uses
mood-altering chemical
●● The disease model of addiction describes the primary characteristic
of recovery as ____________
TEST BANK UPDATED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS SUCCESS KIT
●● According to the AMA a phenomenon must meet four criteria is
order to be classified as a disease. A phenomenon (such as alcoholism)
must:
Answer: 1) Be progressive
2) Manifest identifiable symptoms
3) Occur chronically in affected individuals
4) Be fatal if left untreated
●● The two most basic understandings of the
disease concept are:
Answer: (1) "alcoholism is a disease with genetic, psychological, and
environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations",
and
(2) the "primary treatment goal [of this model] is abstinence".
●● The medicalization of addiction serves three main purposes:
Answer: (1) it alters the cultural context of addiction from one of moral
weakness and societal rejection to a context of mental, if not physical
illness, that can be treated;
, (2) its provides a viable political structure from which individuals can
lobby for resources and funding to support treatment for addicted
persons; and
(3) it creates a platform from which the history of addiction and
addiction treatment can be chronicled genetically, psychologically, and
environmentally.
●● Implicit in [the disease model] approach is the assumption that the
'addict' ____________________
_____________________________________________________ due to
the overpowering influence of internal physiological forces [and
sometimes physical
symptoms] such as _______________________________________
_____________________
Answer: -cannot voluntarily control his or her [drinking]/ drug-taking
behavior
-compulsions, cravings, or irresistible urges
●● Relapse occurs when an individual ___________________ any type
of ___________________ including alcohol regardless of the duration
or intensity of its effect.
Answer: intentionally uses
mood-altering chemical
●● The disease model of addiction describes the primary characteristic
of recovery as ____________
