Exam 26: The Biopsychosocial Model of the Substance Use Disorders

Reina, a woman who is addicted to heroin, states, "I only started using because of my boyfriend." Reina is most likely engaging in the defense mechanism of

Discuss the popular Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program, including some of the criticisms of such psycho-educational programs.

Physicians often claim that, because of "neuroplasticity," addictions are brain diseases.In reality, we do not yet know enough about neuroplasticity to claim that it is a factor in the SUDs.

The neural activity within various regions of the brain transpires within minutes, but fMRI scan images require hours for data collection.

One of the challenges to the defense mechanism theory is that research has found that

A cornerstone of the Jellinek model of alcoholism is that the individual

Discuss the evidence in support of the dopamine D2 hypothesis.

Areas of increased brain activity are not isolated events by themselves, but

Discuss some of the flaws critics attribute to the bio/psycho/social model in general.

Norm has always been a risk taker.He has gotten into some trouble with the law and developed an AUD in his early 20s.Based on this information, Norm is most likely a