The various theories on substance use disorders and addiction include the addictive disease model, behavioral/environmental model, academic model, and diathesis-stress theory of addiction. These theories explain possible reasons for why individuals become, look to, or keep using dangerous substances.
The addictive disease model can often be referred to as the medical model and refers to addiction as a chronic and progressive problem that can potentially cause fatality when activated by abused drugs and the genetic irregularities in the brain chemistry and anatomy that can generally be of consequence. An interesting piece of evidence is that according to the text, (Inaba & Cohen, 2015, p# .2.36) 40-60% of influence is placed on genetics, while
The addictive disease model can often be referred to as the medical model and refers to addiction as a chronic and progressive problem that can potentially cause fatality when activated by abused drugs and the genetic irregularities in the brain chemistry and anatomy that can generally be of consequence. An interesting piece of evidence is that according to the text, (Inaba & Cohen, 2015, p# .2.36) 40-60% of influence is placed on genetics, while