Day: February 3, 2021

Case Studies Review *uploaded papers for examples*
Will apply
Learned about Maturing Out, Contingency management, and family treatment models,
Social Models, (paper not done yet can upload if need when completed)

In Units 2, 3 and 4, you completed assignments on the application of different models of addiction to case studies. You were given the option of choosing different cases for each of the assignments or selecting one case and addressing it in all of the assignments. Your insights will be based on what you decided. The purpose of this discussion is two-fold:

Explain your insights of what you learned by doing these assignments.
Compare and contrast your insights with your peers. There are a variety of ways this can be done, simply because some of your peers will use one case study for all assignments, while others will use different case studies. In addition, some will use a case study you did not use, while others will use a case study you did use.
Explain Your Insights
Please complete the following for your initial post:

Identify which case studies you used and for which assignments.
Explain your insights for each assignment based on the case study you chose and explain your insights as a whole across all assignments, whether you used the same case study or not for each assignment.
Here are some questions to get your started:
Describe what you have learned from applying different models of addiction to the same case or different cases.
How has your understanding of addiction theories and treatments changed as a result of this course?
How does your new understanding affect your professional development in this field?

discussion post
(please check image for example how to format)

Internet Gaming Disorder
Based on your readings from the text, complete the following:

Explain the credibility of the concept of Internet gaming disorder. Include the following:
What evidence exists to support this condition?
Based on the severity of the condition, what treatment strategies might be useful in treating this condition?
What are some of the social consequences of defining conditions like Internet gaming disorder as a behavioral addiction?

The Social Models
For this assignment, 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:

IntroductionIn 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 are relevant to the social models of addiction. This section sets the stage for the next sections.
Applications of Social ModelsIn 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 ModelsIn this section:
Describe how sociocultural factors (family structure, family roles, family systems, peer influence, community support) affect 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 DevelopmentFinally, 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.

This is a Graduate Higher Paper

Write two short essays in response to the following questions.  Remember to define all jargon and use examples to clearly illustrate their meaning.

1. Design an applied behavioral analysis for a classroom problem. Include group consequences, contingency contracts, token economies, and functional behavioral analyses. Make sure to use the jargon from the textbook to help clearly illustrate their meaning.

2. Is the digital computer an appropriate model for the human information processing system? Give reasons why the fit is appropriate and why it is not. Consider some of the implications of the victory of Deep Blue (a computer chess master) over the world champion Garry Kasparov.