Read the following three examples of substance users. Then, using the definitions of addiction that you learned about in Chapter 1, along with the criteria that are used to define "substance use disorder" in the DSM-5 (from pages 6-7 in eText), please analyze each case. Siggy is a 45-year-old woman from Boston, MA. She is unemployed and her major pastime is drinking. She drinks five to six beers per day, but does not drink to the point of getting drunk. Xavier has diabetes and takes insulin every day. If he does not, he would become very ill. He lives in Albuquerque, NM. Fran is a survivor of child sexual abuse. She has flashbacks and panic attacks on occasion but uses Valium to help her deal with the pain. She lives in a rural area of Idaho. In a 300-word post, answer the following questions using ONLY THE INFORMATION PRESENTED in the cases! DO NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS! Do no make up information that is not there. Make an assessment using the information presented in the case study and the information you read about in Chapter 1. Also refer to the materials from the weekly field trip. 1.) How do you define the word “addicted”? 2.) For each example, answer the question—do you think the person is addicted? (or at risk for addiction?) Why or why not?

Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)

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ISBN:9780134477961

Author:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

Publisher:Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White

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Read the following three examples of substance users. Then, using the definitions of addiction that you learned about in Chapter 1, along with the criteria that are used to define "substance use disorder" in the DSM-5 (from pages 6-7 in eText), please analyze each case.

Siggy is a 45-year-old woman from Boston, MA. She is unemployed and her major pastime is drinking. She drinks five to six beers per day, but does not drink to the point of getting drunk.
Xavier has diabetes and takes insulin every day. If he does not, he would become very ill. He lives in Albuquerque, NM.
Fran is a survivor of child sexual abuse. She has flashbacks and panic attacks on occasion but uses Valium to help her deal with the pain. She lives in a rural area of Idaho.

In a 300-word post, answer the following questions using ONLY THE INFORMATION PRESENTED in the cases! DO NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS! Do no make up information that is not there. Make an assessment using the information presented in the case study and the information you read about in Chapter 1. Also refer to the materials from the weekly field trip.

1.) How do you define the word “addicted”?

2.) For each example, answer the question—do you think the person is addicted? (or at risk for addiction?) Why or why not?

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