Mesolimbic Passageway Case Study

The Mesolimbic passageway is also referred to as the brains reward system. Many substances individuals’ intake activate this area of the brain. This can include be from the overeating of sugary foods, fatty foods, excessive working out, or addiction of alcohol/drugs. The neurobiological substrate produces pleasure and rewards the brain for the behavior subconsciously/consciously sought. Dopamine will then be released into the brain and provide a calming factor to the individual and encourage further use or consumption. It is believed that genetics and natural selection have contributed to the structuring of the system. Many of the strengths are the ability to better organize and place the models into a more controlled system. This provides the psychoanalytic therapist to apply treatment measures based on the individual’s specific needs and the …show more content…
This also tries to categorize and insert perspective to each model while minimizing crucial elements to appropriately apply treatment measures. The moral model plays a role that places blame on the individual rather than seek a beneficial corrective measure whereas maladaptive model utilizes from both models while maintaining a person can maintain some sort of control through the course of the addiction. The disease model, the model I believe to be the most accurate, considers the addiction as a disease based on the environment or genetics and understands the brains overwhelming power to override many systems to accomplish a desired outcome. The individual has limited control, if any, and are referred to as victims as there is no link to one’s own moral compass. The classification of several mental disorders identified by a discrete/independent illness. This is a co-occurring condition that expresses conditions such as anxiety,