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Imagine you are a family therapist working in an addictive behavior treatment program.
Select one of the case studies to represent your "client," who is seeking help from your program. You can use
one that you used in the previous assignments, or you can choose to use a different one.
Assignment Instructions
Complete the following sections for this assignment:
Introduction—In this section of the paper:
Identify the client from the case study and briefly summarize the client's demographic characteristics and
addictive behavior history that is relevant to the social models of addiction. This section sets the stage for the
next sections.
Applications of Social Models—In this section:
Apply your understanding of one or more of the social models of addiction (such as family systems and mutual-help groups) to your client. Do client demographics and history suggest that your client would benefit from a
social model of addiction? Based on your interpretation, what social model treatment strategies might you recommend for this client?
Sociocultural Factors and the Social Models—In this section:
Describe how sociocultural factors (family structure, family roles, family systems, peer influence, community
support) affects the client's addictive behavior from the perspective of the social models. Does the media
present social models of addiction with the same support shown to the medical, pharmaceutical, and recovery
industries?
Describe sociocultural factors that may contribute to the addictive behavior as well as factors that may be
helpful in overcoming the addiction from the perspective of the social models of addiction.
Sociocultural Factors and Professional Development—Finally, in this section:
Describe how awareness of sociocultural factors affects your professional development. How have your professional beliefs been affected by media portrayals of the disease model? Do you believe race, education,
economic status, or neighborhood quality affect one's chances of becoming addicted? Do you believe family structure, family roles, family systems, peer pressure, and community support affect one's chances of becoming addicted or recovering from addiction? How might the adoption of a specific model of addiction
(disease, psychological, social) affect your chances for employment as an addiction professional? Provide examples to support your best critical thinking.
http://media.capella.edu/CourseMedia/PSYC2300/Addiction_Case_Studies/wrapper.asp
Use the link above to access case models
Preferred language style Simple (Easy vocabulary, simple grammar constructions)