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The disease model encourages integrated treatment addressing both addiction and underlying mental health issues simultaneously. This dual diagnosis approach produces substantially better outcomes ...

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The disease model of addiction also helps families understand that recovery often requires long-term support and management, similar to other chronic conditions like diabetes or hypertension.

Kirsten E. Smith, an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, disputes the definition of addiction as a chronic brain disease. “I am not in recovery,” she said.

Wiers points out that the view of addiction as a chronic brain disease, in which relapse is the norm, is heavily based on studies of patients who, for the most part, did relapse after treatment ...