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Doctors and Addiction
If by chance the patient didn’t fit the physician’s preconception of an addict– he or she was a respected member of the community, for example– then the doctor often fell into the enabler role.
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Fear of the Disease Model
Many clinicians don’t view addiction as a disease, which they believe relieves them of the need to learn much about its pathophysiology.
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Models of Addiction: The Moderation Model
There’s always someone who is convinced that with the right support, the right technique, they could once again drink socially.
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Models of Addiction: The Temperance Model
The idea was that the drinker would admit his sins, beg forgiveness, accept punishment, and promise to abstain from that point on.
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Models of Addiction: The Psychoanalytic Model
And there’s no reliable way to tell whether addictive personality traits represent a cause or a result of addiction.
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Models of Addiction: The Medical Model
However necessary — and it is necessary — good acute care will never be enough to solve the problem of addictions.
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Models of Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
By examining the models through which people view and deal with addiction, we can better understand how our society reacts to its continuing presence.
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Environment & Expectations: Do They Influence Addiction?
Much of the anxiety the addicted person feels is anticipatory, based not on actual withdrawal symptoms but on the fear of not being able to find an adequate supply of the drug when they arrive.
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Why Do Alcoholics Drink?
If you’re happy with your program of recovery, find another therapist who believes in letting the client direct the course of therapy.
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