The Disease and Developmental Models

Discussion 9: Relapse Prevention
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The Disease Model and Developmental Models
The disease model focuses on identifying what is wrong with people to fix them. It assumes that behavior is an illness or sickness that a person cannot control without intervention. On the other hand, developmental models integrate concepts of a disease model with a person’s developmental model of recovery. Developmental models assume that substance abuse creates dysfunction at every level in a person’s life.
The two models have advantages and disadvantages. The first advantage of the disease model is that it views addiction through the lens of healthy effects instead of financial or legal impacts. The second advantage is that it supports the abstinence method, which works for ma...