Demi Lovato

Each student will select a celebrity of their own choosing who has had (or has) an addiction problem—whether a substance use disorder, or another behavioral addiction such as gambling, technology, eating, dieting, shopping, sex, etc. Students are to research the addiction of their celebrity and analyze the case from a biopsychosocial perspective. Questions to think about: How as this person’s biology impacted their addiction? (genes, brain chemistry, sex, etc.) How has this person’s psychology impacted their addiction (trauma, negative thought processes, etc.) How has this person’s social environment impacted their addiction (lifestyle, fame, parents, etc.) In addition, students must provide a race, class and gender analysis of their case study. Questions to think about: How as this person’s race impacted their access to their addictive substance or behavior, as well as their access to treatment? How has this person’s socio-economic class impacted their access to their addictive substance or behavior, as well as their access to treatment? How as this person’s gender impacted their access to their addictive substance or behavior, as well as their access to treatment? Finally, students should discuss addiction treatments/approaches that were undertaken or suggest possible strength-based treatments and harm reduction approaches that they could have taken. Questions to think about: What types of strength-based strategies helped this person – or WOULD HAVE helped this person? What types of harm reduction practices helped this person – or WOULD HAVE helped this person? This should all be summarized in a 4 page, double-spaced paper. Please select appropriate resources (at least 3 reliable articles, books, etc.) to analyze and discuss the celebrity’s addiction