Chapter 5
Theory that believed drug addiction was due to weak will and inability to control impulses.
Nature Theory
Scientific research shows that drug-using women encounter problems and issues that are unique to them and pose serious consequences. Name 3 health related issues.
Pregnancy, child birth, lactation, menstration, menopause, depression, emotional/psychological problems, sexual dysfunction, eating disorders, more prescriptions
A set of experiences that takes place in the earliest years of life; when young children come to understand the nature of the world around them and their relationship to it.
Primary socialization
Occupation with the highest divorce rates, premature deaths, and highest rates of suicide.
Law enforcement
A lack of goals, interests, and emotional expression is what predisposes one to addiction.
Personality theory.
A factor regarding domestic issue women face regarding addiction.
"broken homes"
"sexual abuse"
"pathological family dynamics"
Family structure that is tied to greater drug use is comprised of a couple difference elements we spoke about in class.
Broken homes, single father homes.
Social control
A theory that drug use/abuse is purely social in nature and that if one associates with primarily law abiding, non-drug using people; law-abiding behavior will be reinforced.
Social learning
Native Americans.
More likely to use all types of drugs with the exception of hallucinogens and alcohol.
or
Rank higher than any other ethnic minority with regards to % of population reporting "heavy" alcohol use in the last 30 days
*blank* has a great effect on whether or not children abuse drugs.
Example: where parents are perceived as neglectful a higher rate of drug use occurs.
Parenting style
1 of every 100 addicted.
Physicians
*blank* are more like to use drugs recreationally.
Men
Asian Americans
Least likely to have used any drugs (other than alcohol) in last 30 days.
An example of shifting family roles
Child taking care of addicted parent
Offspring of alcoholics are 3-5 times more likely to become an alcoholic.
There is a direct positive relationship regarding alcoholism in families.
Familial linkage to alcohol has been studied for over a century.
Family Pattern Studies.
The four elements of a social bond.
Attachment
Commitment
Involvement
Belief
White
More likely to use alcohol and tobacco and non-medical use of prescription drugs.
Percentage of police officers with serious dependence issue on alcohol.
25%
The user is one who is not able to make the necessary adjustments required in normal daily living. Drug abuse is a mechanism for alleviating the frustrations and stress resulting from the inability to adjust to these conflicting demands.
Psychoanalytic explanation.