Name of event: Fall Term Nerd Night Presentation
Date of presentation: October 20th, 2020
Type of presentation: PowerPoint
Title & Text of Abstract: Exploring the Utility of Addiction Theories
The way we view addiction can be summarized into various theories: moral/choice theory which says that addictive behaviors arise from choice, environmental theory which says that a persons environment help initiate and maintain their addictive behaviors, trauma theory says that addictive behaviors arise from past traumatic experiences and dealing with that pain & disease theory which views addictive behaviors as a problem of the brain. Often, more weight is given to the choice model and less to the models. These theories need to be integrated in order to fully understand how addictive urges initiate, how the behavior is maintained and what the underlying pain is of the individual with a substance abuse problem.
Date of presentation: October 20th, 2020
Type of presentation: PowerPoint
Title & Text of Abstract: Exploring the Utility of Addiction Theories
The way we view addiction can be summarized into various theories: moral/choice theory which says that addictive behaviors arise from choice, environmental theory which says that a persons environment help initiate and maintain their addictive behaviors, trauma theory says that addictive behaviors arise from past traumatic experiences and dealing with that pain & disease theory which views addictive behaviors as a problem of the brain. Often, more weight is given to the choice model and less to the models. These theories need to be integrated in order to fully understand how addictive urges initiate, how the behavior is maintained and what the underlying pain is of the individual with a substance abuse problem.