Discussion question

Perspectives on Addiction 

As you identified in your readings and from looking over the Addiction Perspectives interactive, there are three broad perspectives under which the various models of addiction may be organized. They are: 

• Moral.


• Disease.


• Maladaptive Behavior. 

For this discussion: 

•    Identify and describe the characteristics of each of these three broad perspectives. Specifically focus on the features that make them distinct and logically exclusive from one another. 


•    Describe what you would consider to be the advantages and disadvantages of each perspective. The interactive Addiction Perspectives is in the Resources for easy access.