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Substance use disorders are a major health concern as many Americans struggle with some aspect of substance use on a daily basis. Therefore, mental health services and counseling in client case management are a critical issue in social work practice today.

Describe the disease and harm reduction models of addiction. Suppose you work for an agency that espouses one model over the other. How might this impact the services that are provided and the expectations that are placed on clients in terms of progress?

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Running Head: DISEASE MODEL OF ADDICTION AND HARM REDUCTION

Disease Model of Addiction and Harm Reduction
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DISEASE MODEL OF ADDICTION AND HARM REDUCTION

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The disease model of addiction assumes that addiction is a disease with origin form
genetic, environmental, biological, and neurological factors. Traditional, disease model of
addiction assumes that the discomfort, dysfunction, and distress should be related to an abnormal
condition (Peele, 2016). However, the contemporary model attributes drug addiction as a
component of the changes experienced in the mesolimbic pathway of the addict’s brain. These
changes are ca...


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