Models of Addiction - Biological - Neurological Evaluations

Models of Addiction - Biological

Evaluations of the Neurological Explanation

Advantages

- Explains addictions such as smoking and how tolerance is built up and has tangeable evidence to back it up.

- Provides opportunities for solutions and interventions to addictions to be discovered using this explanation.

Disadvantages

- Doesn't explain behavioural addictions such as gambling.

- Is reductionist as it doesnt consider…