Topic 1: Addiction pharmacological and physiological effects
Part One Directions: Provide short answers of 200-350 words each for the following questions/statements. Include at least three scholarly resources beyond the course textbook in your response and listed as a reference at the bottom of the worksheet.
1. What are the pharmacological and physiological effects of substance use?
2. Select two substances from the following and describe at least two pharmacological and physiological effect of each (200-350 words each).
• Opioids
• Stimulants
• Cannabinoids
• Hallucinogens
• Another DSM Substance Use Disorder of your choice
3. What is a process addiction? What is a substance use disorder? How are the two similar and how are they different? How would you establish a treatment relationship to work with a client with substance use disorder or process addiction?
4. Briefly explain the history of substance abuse treatment in the United States over the past 100 years. How did the early practices differ from what is being done today? Briefly describe the development of multidisciplinary teams in regards to the treatment of addictions.
Part Two Directions: It is widely understood that there is a biopsychosocial model of addiction. Within the biopsychosocial model, there are multiple psychological theories and biological theories. Select one psychological theory of addiction and one biological theory of addiction. Complete the table below by comparing and contrasting the selected biological and psychological theories of addiction.
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Part One Directions: For each of the following questions/statements, write a short response of 200-350 words. Include at least three academic references in your response, in addition to the course textbook, that you can mention at the bottom of the worksheet.
1. What pharmacological and physiological impacts does substance abuse have?
2. Choose two drugs from the list below and explain at least two of their pharmacological and physiological effects (200-350 words each).
• Opioids are a type of opioid.
• Energizers
• Cannabinoids are a type of cannabinoid.
• Hallucinogens are substances that cause people to experience hallucinations.
• Your choice of another DSM Substance Use Disorder
3. What is the definition of a process addiction? What is the definition of a substance use disorder? What are the similarities and differences between the two? How would you go about establishing a therapeutic relationship?
