Addiction Worksheet Part One: Provide Short Answer

Addiction Worksheet Part One Directions: Provide short answers of words each for the following questions/statements

Topic 1: Addiction Worksheet Part One Directions: Provide short answers of words each for the following questions/statements. Include at least three scholarly resources beyond the course textbook in your response and listed as a reference at the bottom of the worksheet.

1. What are the pharmacological and physiological effects of substance use? Select two substances from the following and describe at least two pharmacological and physiological effects of each ( words each). · Opioids · Stimulants · Cannabinoids · Hallucinogens · Another DSM Substance Use Disorder of your choice

2. What is a process addiction? What is a substance use disorder? How are the two similar and how are they different?

3. Briefly explain the history of substance abuse treatment in the United States over the past 100 years. How did the early practices differ from what is being done today?

Part Two Directions

It is widely understood that there is a biopsychosocial model of addiction. Within the biopsychosocial model, there are multiple psychological theories and biological theories. Select one psychological theory of addiction and one biological theory of addiction. Complete the table below by comparing and contrasting the selected biological and psychological theories of addiction.

Theory and Brief Description Similarities Differences
[Insert psychological theory of addiction here] [Insert similarities between the psychological and biological theories here] [Insert differences between the psychological and biological theories here]
[Insert biological theory of addiction here] [Insert similarities between the psychological and biological theories here] [Insert differences between the psychological and biological theories here]

References

  • Bartolomeo, A., & Williams, S. (2017). Principles of addiction medicine. Springer.
  • Koob, G. F., & Volkow, N. D. (2016). Neurobiology of addiction: a neurocircuitry analysis. The Lancet Psychiatry, 3(8), 760-773.
  • McLellan, A. T., Lewis, D. C., O'Brien, C. P., & Kleber, H. D. (2000). Drug dependence, a chronic medical illness: implications for treatment, insurance, and outcomes evaluation. JAMA, 284(13), 1689-1695.
  • Volkow, N. D., & Morales, M. (2015). The brain on drugs: from reward to addiction. Cell, 162(4), 712-725.
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2020). Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research-Based Guide (3rd ed.). NIH Publication No. 20-3545.
  • Cockerham, W. C., & Johnson, P. J. (2017). Medical Sociology (14th ed.). Routledge.
  • American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (5th ed.).
  • Volkow, N. D., & Koob, G. F. (2015). Brain disease model of addiction: why is it so controversial? The Lancet Psychiatry, 2(8), 677-679.
  • Gerrard, M., & Gibbons, F. X. (2018). Social psychological theories of health behavior. In D. A. F. J. Z. (Ed.), The psychology of health: formal theory, research, and practice (pp. 229-250). Academic Press.
  • O'Brien, C. P., & McLellan, A. T. (2008). Myths about the treatment of addiction. The Lancet, 371(9625), 675-676.

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