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... > social science subjects > counseling and psychotherapy > counseling programs > substance abuse treatment > models of addiction > biopsychosocial model of addiction

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biopsychosocial model of addiction  

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  • A model of addiction can be viewed as a foundation from which to organize addiction into a set of fundamental intuitive principles. As such, any model allows its adherents to prioritize problems and to search for and discover solutions to these problems within the context or boundary conditions of the model. [Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery; Biopsychosocial Model of Addiction]

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