PSY3190 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26: Methadone, Group Psychotherapy, Enteric Nervous System
15 Aug 2018
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Biology (bio part of the bio/psycho/social model: anatomical, structural and molecular substrates of a disease, effects of that disorder on bio functioning of individual. History: medical model saw disease as something causing imbalance to nervous system, sud could be classed as a disease, now sud= possibly result of bio dysfunction at cellular/molecular level, alters normal bio processes e. g. the reward system. Reinforces effect of fosb especially in nucleus accumbens (involved in learning on neural level), can recall memory of this event which caused pleasure. Biological determinism: humans= bio robots, beh predetermined at beginning of time. Jellineks work: people viewed aud a moral weakness. He saw it as a disease though not moral weakness: saw it as a disease because it had specific patterns of symptoms (like other diseases do, aud progresses through 4 stages. Pre-alcoholic stage: no longer drinking for social reasons, relief drinking e. g. from social tension/anxiety. Aud= not lack of willpower, physical disease state, no control)
