Lesson 19: Changing Your View Of Your World: Slide  16

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Later Addiction Programs Were Based On A “Scientific” Model

  • 2. Programs that use the disease model believe:
  • Addiction is caused by genetic and biological factors
  • Addiction is considered an incurable progressive disease
  • People have no power or capacity to change their behaviors
  • Many require medication
  • Write down your ideas about the “scientific model”

Notes:

Appendix III, “Every Door is the Right Door: A British Columbia Planning Framework to Address Problematic Substance Use and Addiction

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