Biopsychosocial Model Of Addiction

Proceeding our online conference and hearing the discussions about whether addiction is a disease or not I had developed an assumption that the most explanatory model would be the disease model which contradicted my personal view. However upon completing the assigned reading and unit notes that assumption had disappeared and the belief that the blended or biopsychosocial model was the most explanatory model worldwide. Addictions are very complex and experienced differently among people. The stages of addiction can be defined and viewed differently for each user, family, workers and society. These differing perspectives provide the opportunity for each individual case and support one may need or believe someone needs to change according to …show more content…
As Fisher and Harrison (2013) state these models believe in multivariate syndrome. Multivariate syndrome explains while viewing addiction one must be conscious that there is an interaction between psychological, cognitive, biological, developmental, social, and environmental variables that explain addiction. That none of these are solely responsible and that at times multiple sections may need to be addressed to attend to the addiction without removal of individual responsibility like the disease model. When looking at addiction from this form of an explanatory model it allows opportunities for intra-agency and interagency case management to occur. This can provide an individual and/or their family better support to their entire life experiences and stressors rather than focusing solely on the addiction. The approach looks beyond the sole makeup of an individual and their personal choices allowing for a greater exploring opportunity into root causes for the addiction from past or present areas of their life. As Fisher and Harrison (2013) state on page 48 this concept is well articulated by Pattison and Kaufman