TITLE

Recovery from Addiction | Psychology Today

DESCRIPTION

Addiction is a problem that cuts across all ages, gender, social class in America.   This article provides a clear cut understanding of the causes of addiction from a BioPsychoSocial understanding.  The article discusses BEHAVIOR CHANGE and the principles involved as applied to addiction and recover.  “Hundreds of studies of addictive behavior change reveal that a common process underlies all progress toward recovery. Researchers have identified and mapped out five stages of change, and they can be used as a kind of recovery GPS—a guide to determine where anyone may be in the process of recovery.”  This article can be used as both a resource for students studying addiction as well as an outline or the Professor who wishes to teach about the topic.

SOURCE

Psychology Today, January 2020 issue, by John F. Kelly, Ph.D., ABPP

LINK TO RESOURCE

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/201912/recovery-addiction

(Tiny URL)  https://tinyurl.com/ycg7ayms

CLASS DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

•What is addiction?  What is recovery?

•According to the article what do we need to know about “behavior change” to facilitate recovery?

•Explain the acronym “DEADS” for the model of recovery.  What do the letters stand for and represent?