To what degree were you/they able to include multiple causal factors? How can we explain the role of biology and environment to family members of someone who may be in treatment for a substance use disorder?
Biological Basis of Addiction& Dingel (2015) presents the argument that the complexity of genetic and environmental contributions to addiction are often oversimplified in the media. The prevailing arguments may be distilled to explain addiction as either a lack of willpower or genetic fate. In your Substance Abuse and the Family text, Reiter (2019) discusses the […]
