ALCOHOLISM
Alcoholism is a misunderstood disease. Firstly, people will readily agree that is a Disease but they still blame the person for being an alcoholic. Do you blame a person for...
Diverse Explanations on Addiction
Several explanations (or "models") have been presented to explain addiction: The moral model states that addictions are the result of human weakness, and are defects of character. Those who advance...
Neurobiological Basis
The development of addiction is thought to involve a simultaneous process of 1) increased focus on and engagement in a particular behavior and 2) the attenuation or "shutting down" of...
Criticism of Addiction
Levi Bryant has criticized the term and concept of addiction as counterproductive in psychotherapy as it defines a patient's identity and makes it harder to become a non-addict. "The signifier...
