Give four reasons why the treatment of substance-related and addictive disorders is especially challenging.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Sample reasons include the following: (1) Drug use causes brain changes that make it difficult for drug users to see the way in which they are addicted. People who are addicted to drugs are therefore slow to realize that they need help until they experience devastating consequences.
(2) Drug use causes brain changes that make it difficult for users to focus on anything other than drug use.
(3) Many drug users have comorbid mental disorders.
(4) Relapse is a frequent element of drug users’ recovery.
Learning Objective: 12.7 Identify the treatments available to individuals with substance-related disorders.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Treatment of Substance-Related Disorders
Difficulty Level: Medium
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