After reading Chapters 25 and 26 of the textbook create a discussion board post and share your thoughts about the following dilemma:
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have stated that addiction is a brain disease. However, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) reported that there are 4 major dimensions that support a life of recovery:
Health
Home
Purpose
Community
This view is more in line with the Biopsychosocial model. Now, if you conduct a Google search of Addiction as a Brain Disease, there are 24, 400,000 results. When you Google Addiction as a biopsychosocial disease, there are 177,000 results.
Which model do you believe is best suited to manage the current addiction epidemic?
