PSYC 3403 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cultural Capital, Medical Error, Biopsychosocial Model
17 Sep 2016
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Biopsychosocial model plus (bps+) addiction is a medical condition that requires medical treatment multidimensional in a sense that it provides full understanding of addiction and its behaviours, integration and pluralistic (open to many integrative processes) What is addiction formal definition: tendency to persist with rewarding behaviour that produces pleasure and states of desire despite the outweighing of negative consequences. Negative consequences may outweigh the positive outcomes however the person will be unable to recognize this and continue to abuse substances. Does not want to stop/physically can not moderate behaviour or stop. Negative outcomes: preoccupation/compulsivity towards behaviour, loss of control, persistence/relapse of behaviour, craving/irritability without behaviour being present. Loss of control = major characteristic of severe addiction. Degree to which person persists with behaviour can determine severity of addiction (mild, moderate, severe) Addiction is diagnosed along a continuum addiction isn"t something that a person has/doesn"t have, we all have addictive traits/potential however don"t necessarily suffer from addictive behaviours.
