Theories of addiction

West, Robert

doi:10.1046/j.1360-0443.2001.96131.x

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“…Miller and Carroll [1] discuss two forewarning factors to take into consideration when developing an understanding of addiction based on the environmental model: (1) Early influences in the environment may not determine later dependence or abuse behaviour unless there are environmental changes reinforcing outcomes; (2) The environment and settings that influence a particular outcome should not be accepted as a cause. Though this relationship may not be causal it provides for an understanding of factors that initiate change.…”

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The Influence of Social Factors in Drug Addiction–A Mini Review of Work by Miller & Carroll (2006)

Shanmugam¹

2017

J Alcohol Drug Depend

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A model can be described as 'a coherent representation of key elements of a structure and system and is thus more descriptive than explanatory' .Substance dependents are viewed as having a behaviour, which they have impaired control over. This behaviour leads to harmful consequences while causing severe medical, psychological and social harm [1]. The impulsive conducts gradually become a harmful pattern of abuse and the dependents find themselves unable to stop the behaviour on their own [2]. Theories can be described as a set of guiding principles, which an activity is based on for practice while being an idea to rationalize action. Theories are employed to guide facts and not so much for reaching goals [3].

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Section: Social Setting and The Environmentmentioning

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“…This behaviour leads to harmful consequences while causing severe medical, psychological and social harm [1]. The impulsive conducts gradually become a harmful pattern of abuse and the dependents find themselves unable to stop the behaviour on their own [2].…”

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The Influence of Social Factors in Drug Addiction–A Mini Review of Work by Miller & Carroll (2006)

Shanmugam¹

2017

J Alcohol Drug Depend

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“…In the study of addictive behaviors, [11], quoting Cottler (1931) and Rounsaville, Bryant, Babor, Kranzler and Kadden (1993), defines addiction as a behavior in which an individual has diminished its self-control and it leads to harmful consequences.…”

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Effects of the Program: “Salas para la Paz”, on the Degree of Human Development of Individuals with Drug Addiction

García¹,

Cantú²,

Guajardo³

et al. 2015

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This study estimates the impact that the program "Salas para la Paz" (Rooms for Peace), implemented by "Promoción de Paz, A.B.P." (Peace Promotion, private association for beneficence), has on different aspects of human development, in individuals with addiction, in Monterrey, México. By testing mean differences and using propensity score matching, group comparisons are made, based on the time the subjects have been in the program. The study is based on information obtained from interviews conducted on the participants, and their families. Results based on the answers of the first group, reveal that the program has little or no effect whatsoever. On the other hand, the answers of the second group lead to mixed results, which tend to confirm that direct participant human development increases starting from the second month of treatment.

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“…Moreover, the perception of a loss of self-control is heavily stigmatised in a society which "attributes morality, success and respectability to the power of the disciplined will" (2006: 150). Dependence on alcohol or drugs has consequently been historically understood as a "disease of the will" (Valverde, 1998), or a disorder of motivation (West, 2001 In such a social context, it is perhaps not surprising that addiction is excluded from disability discrimination provisions. Schneider and Ingram (1993) suggest four categories of target populations as recipients of public programming: the advantaged, who are powerful and positively constructed; contenders, who are powerful but negatively constructed; dependents, who are weak and positively constructed; and deviants who are weak and negatively constructed.…”

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Deviant Disabilities

Flacks

2012

Social & Legal Studies

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The Equality Act 2010, in keeping with the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, excludes those identified as drug and alcohol ‘addicted’ from the scope of provisions prohibiting discrimination against disabled people. This article addresses the significance of, and justification for, this exclusion. It begins with a legislative background to the relevant limitation and subsequently examines its rationale according to prevailing legal, medical and sociological discourses. The article then considers the relevance of the discussion for disability rights. Although ‘addiction’, or the preferred term, ‘substance dependence’, is classified as a disability for international systems of disease classification, the relevance of substance dependence for discussion on disability rights, and of disability for discussion on substance dependence, has largely escaped critical comment.

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Theories of addiction

Cited by 125 publications

References 135 publications

The Influence of Social Factors in Drug Addiction–A Mini Review of Work by Miller & Carroll (2006)

The Influence of Social Factors in Drug Addiction–A Mini Review of Work by Miller & Carroll (2006)

Effects of the Program: “Salas para la Paz”, on the Degree of Human Development of Individuals with Drug Addiction

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