Addiction, treatment, and evidence-based medicine

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dc.contributor.authorWilcox, Sean
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorBrown, Bryson
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-07T20:12:49Z
dc.date.available2016-09-07T20:12:49Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.description.abstractHow addiction is conceived has important practical implications for how addicts are to be treated. This paper argues that we have a horrible concept of addiction and that has led to horrible treatment results. Examining this concept’s history will show that its main components (especially the brain disease view and the loss of control hypotheses) were invented or assumed by social reformers about 200 years ago, and that they do not map onto the physical world in a rich and systematic fashion. Science has been used to promote these assumptions instead of ever substantively establishing them. There are treatment methods that have been shown to be effective, but these are rarely employed in standard practice. Instead, addicts are provided with interventions that have been shown to be ineffective. Continuing to offer addicts treatment modalities that do not work when there are interventions with proven efficacy, is medical malpractice.en_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/4600
dc.language.isoen_CAen_US
dc.proquest.subject0422en_US
dc.proquest.subject0382en_US
dc.proquest.subject0585en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en_US
dc.subjectaddiction medicineen_US
dc.subjectaddictsen_US
dc.subjectco-morbid disordersen_US
dc.subjectevidence based treatmenten_US
dc.subjectmutual support organizationsen_US
dc.titleAddiction, treatment, and evidence-based medicineen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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