Why Addiction Is a Disease Bibliography

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Subject Area:Psychology

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Addiction, 102(3), 352-361. https://www. shatterproof. org/about-addiction/science-of-addiction. This book expounds on the science of addiction, from development until when the condition is treated. The book also focuses on the development of dependence and its treatment approaches. Understanding the disease model of addiction helps one to get the concept of why addiction is a disease and the pillars that put it in the category of diseases. This book was written lately in 2015, hence, a reliable source of latest information for research work. Heyman, G. M. doi: 10. 1503/cmaj. 112-2033 Holden Tim is able to use conceptual illustration in proving that addiction is far different from a disease. In his argument, he said that the correct definition of a disease is critically wrong if addiction is considered as part of it.

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He gives intellectual examples and gives evidence based on each concept that he introduces. Lewis gave a research study, a thorough and deep discussion and a much-expounded reason as to why addiction is not a disease. He gave correct assumptions and gave biological proofs to prove them true. According to him, the biology of desires is far much large than what people usually think Pade, P. A. , Cardon, K. Ross, S. (2009) The neurobiology of addictive disorders. Clin Neuropharmacol. 32:269–76 Ross uses a rather different approach and hence gave the biological concept of how an addictive disorder is considered a disease by most people. He also gave a study research which he involved research from different institutions and collected their data. gov. Retrieved 5 February 2018, from https://www.

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