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    Comparison Models Essay A lot of times there different ways that people go about dealing with addictions. Addictions are a result of drug abuse and dependence on the drug. There are a lot of possible explanations to where addictions come from and their effects on a patient. Addictions were once considered to be a disease but there’s more to it than that.  Two explanations in particular that can show how drugs are associated with addictions fairly well are the psychological and the biological models.  The

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    Biological and Psychological Models of Abnormality   Introduction The many different models used to explain the nature and treatment of mental illness compound the problems of defining and classifying abnormal behaviour. Five major schools of thought are summarised below.   The biological (medical) model The medical of abnormality model has dominated the psychiatric profession since the last century . The underlying assumption of this model is that mental illnesses resemble physical

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    varying models of abnormality as I read through chapter three in all its glory. When I first considered the question for discussion‚ I was momentarily puzzled. Actually‚ I suppose puzzled is not the precise choice of wording‚ more like torn. Yes‚ I was torn between the different models of abnormality; for each one of them came equipped with their own set of good and bad ideals. After wrestling with this question in my mind‚ I eventually settled on the Biological Model. The Biological Model of abnormality

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    Biological Model: The biological model of abnormality views abnormalities as medical illnesses. The abnormalities are believed to be caused by genetic inheritance‚ evolution‚ prenatal exposure‚ viral infections‚ or injuries to the brain tissue that affect the brain structure and chemistry. Also‚ it is believed that hormone levels and other levels of chemicals can cause the neurotransmitters to perform improperly which can lead to a mental disorder. Due to many advances in the medical field most

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    claim to give explanations to the modelling of addiction. Genetic theories‚ exposure theories (both biological and conditioning)‚ and adaptation theories. Biological model - According to this modelbiological factors within the individual is the main cause for addictive behaviour. Neuro-chemical imbalances or having a genetic predisposition towards addictive behaviour are examples of the model. Therefore‚ an individual may be very vulnerable to developing an addiction as it could

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    Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1989‚ Vol. 57‚ No. 6‚1069-1081 Copyright 1989 by the American Psychological Association‚ Inc. 0022-3514/89/SOO. 75 Happiness Is Everything‚ or Is It? Explorations on the Meaning of Psychological Well-Being Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin—Madison Reigning measures of psychological well-being have little theoretical grounding‚ despite an extensive literature on the contours of positive functioning. Aspects of well-being derived from this

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    Though at one point in time clinical scientists believed in only one model of abnormality‚ we now have six very different models. The original model of abnormality was‚ unfortunately‚ the product of cultural beliefs. But because no one model can be deemed complete on its own‚ competing models have since developed to strive for the comprehensive means for treatment. For example‚ the biological model and the psychodynamic model take very different approaches on understanding thoughts and emotions.

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    THE MODEL PAPER Marie Joan Haskins CLAASDESCRITION 7-2-2014 INTSTUCTOR The model Paper "Current estimates indicate that the extent of addiction disorders‚ with the exclusion of tobacco addiction‚ involves approximately 32 million American" (James & Gilliland‚ 2005). To date there is no one single factor or explanation of Addiction. "Evidence shows that Addiction is the result of many heterogynous factors involving various combination of genetic‚environmental

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    drugs‚ for instance‚ do so because of the physical effects they hope to experience. Drugs have a marked effect on the body and mind. If there were no effect‚ people would be unlikely to repeat the experience. No one sets out just to become addicted. This is the research statistics from one of my community in Kisumu Town Western Kenya that was conducted by Otieno Andrew in 2009. According to Otieno there different types of drugs abuse that the adolescents and young adults have been taking and the percentage

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    Outline and evaluate the biological model of abnormality (12 marks) The biological model of abnormality is the idea that all behaviour is rooted in underlying physical processes. The biological model of abnormality assumes that there is a physiological reason for psychological disorders. The disorders are considered an illness and supposedly make a person with these ’disorders’ abnormal. The model indicates that mental illnesses resemble physical illnesses and are thought to be treated in a similar

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