The difference between medical, public health and human services model is that medical model sees the person that is coming for help, usually they are people who problems are disease or sickness. The patients that are sick or ill depend on physicians or service providers to provide them treatment or a cure for their disease or sickness. The public health model is the connection of medical and human services models, it worries about the diagnosis and treatment of people with the use of medicine and surgery as the clinical medicine. The public health model is concerned with people who has problems that is extends beyond the traditional medical model. The human service model provides services that help people solve their problems.…
Is addiction a disease or a psychological/biological disorder. First we need to consider what a disease is. In the following statements and research I will be attempting to compare to views on this matter. The importance of this topic is to really to discuss what is at hand. According to Alice M Young, addiction has a tremendous effect on the brain, both psychological and biological. Jeffrey A. Schaler, on the other hand, is trying to convince us that addiction is a disease. One author speaks of brain processes and the other on predispositions. This is what I came up with.…
Introduction Addiction is a chronic disease, and can be progressive, relapsing and fatal (Heyman, 2009). There are many models of addiction theories. The disease model, which sees addiction as a medical condition along the same lines of diabetes and arthritis, is the most widely known in the public due to its depiction in media and film as a result of the popularity of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). It is also the most dominant treatment model in the USA (Rasmussen, 2000).…
Addiction can be separated into three categories: mind (neurological), body (physical), and spirit (psychological). Within in this breakdown addiction can possibly be explained and properly understood.…
Addiction is word many people have heard or used in their everyday life, but few know the actual definition. An addiction is “a strong and harmful need to regularly have something (such as a drug) or do something (such as gamble)” (“Addicted,” 2014). Not only do people neglect to realize the true meaning of an addiction, but have completely distorted the definition. People do not take most addictions seriously when compared to common known ones and do not seem to have the same reaction and trouble overcoming those addictions.…
There are differences between addictive behavior, problematic behavior that is not an addiction, and normal behavior that is non-problematic and healthy. There are physical addictions like drug dependence (mostly opiates and benzodiazepines) and alcohol abuse, and psychological addictions such as certain drug use (cocaine and marijuana) and gambling. What I just said may have not made sense to some people, but people that have dealt with an addiction know exactly what I meant. Physical and psychological addiction ALL start and end in the brain, it's just that some illicit substances, which are most common among abuse, have severe physical withdrawal symptoms. The physical withdrawal symptoms are the main reasoning behind staying addicted, and even if they…
For many years, addiction was regarded as a sort of moral shortcoming and lack of willpower. Through the years, new research has pointed to evidence that addiction is a disease. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, addiction is defined as a “chronic, relapsing brain disease that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and use, despite harmful consequences” (Abuse, The). Evidently by definition, addiction is defined as a disease and for a greater understanding one must understand what a disease is. Oxford Dictionary defines disease as “a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal, or plant, especially one that produces specific symptoms or that affects a specific location and is not simply a direct result of physical…
Outline and define what is meant by addiction. (5marks) Addiction is a repetitive habit pattern that increases risk of disease and/ or associated personal and social problems. Most theories say addiction goes through 3 stages, the first is initiation which is how the addiction starts?, then into maintenance, why addict continues?, and finally into relapse, why an addict may stop and start again? Theorists define addiction by 6 sub components of addiction, one is salience this is the desire to perform the addictive act. Another is mood modification such as ‘high’, most addicts perform the addictive act to achieve this. Tolerance is a big one whereby the more the addictive behaviour is done the tolerance levels increase therefore more has to be done to get the same effect. If withdrawing from the addictive behaviour withdrawal symptoms may occur such as unpleasant feelings or physical effects, this…
Addiction is defined as “a state of physiological or psychological dependence on a potentially harmful drug or behavior (Encarta, 2009).” Addiction has the distinction of creating a positive feeling or a false sense of euphoria. This is seen most prominently in drug and alcohol addictions as they both give the user a false sense feeling of well being and happiness. Although drug and alcohol addictions are the prevalent addictions, they are not the only ones. Some other addictions are: shopping, smoking, gambling, and sometimes sex addictions give the addict the same sense of well being. However, they all share the same negative outcome to the individual as his or her compulsion to acquire the “high” overrides the logical and rational sense of self-preservation.…
Addiction is a compulsive and irresistible craving for something. Someone who is hooked to something mentally believes that they are not able to function without what they are addicted to. Addiction is a mental, psychological chronic disease that leads to the dysfunction of the brain and causes one to abstain from their desire. Addiction comes in many forms, whether it is a video game addiction or a food addiction, they still cause harm to the human body which makes it dangerous and very serious problem in today’s world. The most common types of addiction are drug addictions and gambling addictions. Each represent different stories with different plots; however, they both have the same conflict of addiction.…
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.…
I need to conduct an interview with a leader in healthcare for my Health Care Biomedical Ethics course. I have read some of the articles you published in Center for Health Care Strategies, and I appreciate your voice in the healthcare industry. Will you accept this email invite as an interview for my course. If you agree to the interview, I will provide you the questions by email for you to respond and send them back. Please let me know by Wednesday, October 5, 2016.…
Addiction is a condition that outcomes when someone ingests a substance or takes part in an action that can be pleasurable yet the proceeded with use/demonstration of which gets to be enthusiastic and meddles with customary life obligations, for example, work, connections, or wellbeing. Commonly, the users may not be mindful that their conduct is wild and bringing about issues for themselves as well as other people. Somebody who is dependent or snared mentally trusts that they can't work without this substance in their bodies. Medication and liquor enslavement and destroy families, they change people who once were the best individuals to be around with. Most addictions begin at a people immaturity age where they simply realizing who they are…
What are Ethics? Ethics are standards of behavior, developed as a result of ones concept of right and wrong (Judson & Harrison, 2010). Code of ethics is a list of principles that is intended to influence the actions of healthcare professionals within an organization. Ethical principles help guide the decision-making process among healthcare workers in complicated situations. This paper will review the assigned case study and provide the reader with the ethical issues and principles.…
Addiction has long been understood to mean an uncontrollable habit of using alcohol or other drugs. Because of the physical effects of these substances on the body, and particularly the brain, people have often thought…