Why are some addictions more socially acceptable than other addictions?

Questions To Consider

To deepen your understanding, you are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of the business community.

• Why are some addictions more socially acceptable than other addictions?
• Do you see mental disorders and addictions general and constant across all cultures, or are addictions and mental
disorders more culturally based? Resources
• Suggested Resources 
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Capella Multimedia 
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• Addiction and Dependence Pathways | Transcript . • The Reward Pathway | Transcript .
• The Biological Sleep Clock |Transcript . 
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Library Resources 
The following e-books or articles from the Capella University Library are linked directly in this course:
• Edwards, G. (2012). 100 years ago in addiction science . Addiction , 107 (8), 1530–1531. doi:10.1111/ j.1360-0443.2011.03712.x
• Ardakani, A., Seghatoleslam, T., Habil, H., Jameei, F., & Rashid, R. (2013). A pilot study of prevalence of psychiatric disorder among drug-dependent patients: A report from an addiction centre in Malaysia . International Medical Journal , 20 (5), 537–541.
• Unger, A., Starzer, B., & Fischer, G. (2012). Addiction is a psychiatric disorder – What have we learned from history?Addiction , 107 (6), 1043–1044. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03786.x
• Marmorstein, N. R., Iacono, W. G., & McGue, M. (2012). Associations between substance use disorders and major depression in parents and late adolescent-emerging adult offspring: An adoption study . Addiction , 107 (11), 1965–1973. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03934.x
• Smith, P. H., Homish, G. G., Giovino, G. A., & Kozlowski, L. T. (2014). Cigarette smoking and mental illness: A study of nicotine withdrawal . American Journal of Public Health , 104 (2), e127-e133. doi:10.2105/ AJPH.2013.301502
• Bellamy, C. D., Rowe, M., Benedict, P., & Davidson, L. (2012). Giving back and getting something back: The role of mutual-aid groups for individuals in recovery from incarceration, addiction, and mental illness . Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery , 7 , 223–236. doi:10.1080/1556035X.2012.705703
• Molina, B. G., Walther, C. P., Cheong, J., Pedersen, S. L., Gnagy, E. M., & Pelham, W. E., Jr. (2014). Heavy alcohol use in early adulthood as a function of childhood ADHD: Developmentally specific mediation by social impairment and delinquency . Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology , 22 (2), 110–121. doi:10.1037/ a0035656

• Fjerkenstad, J. (2012). In my opinion: Treatment that mirrors the dark world . Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity , 19 , 156–160. doi:10.1080/10720162.2012.665292
• Ziedonis, D. M., & Kolodziej, M. E. (2012). Innovative interventions for treating tobacco addiction among persons with co-occurring mental illness and addiction: New approaches to improve outcomes . Journal of Dual Diagnosis , 8 (2), 85–88. doi:10.1080/15504263.2012.672159
• Sprenkle, D. H. (2012). Intervention research in couple and family therapy: A methodological and substantive review and an introduction to the special issue . Journal of Marital and Family Therapy , 38 (1), 3–29. doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00271.x
• Rantala, V., & Sulkunen, P. (2012). Is pathological gambling just a big problem or also an addiction? Addiction Research and Theory , 20 (1), 1–10. doi:10.3109/16066359.2011.552819
• Zweben, J. E., & Ashbrook, S. (2012). Mutual-help groups for people with co-occurring disorders . Journal of Groups in Addiction & Recovery , 7 , 202–222. doi:10.1080/1556035X.2012.705700
• Benningfield, M. M., Dietrich, M. S., Jones, H. E., Kaltenbach, K., Heil, S. H., Stine, S. M.,…Martin, P. R. (2012). 
Opioid dependence during pregnancy: Relationships of anxiety and depression symptoms to treatment 
outcomes[Supplement]. Addiction , 107 , 74–82. doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.04041.x
• Agrawal, A., Narayanan, G., & Oltmanns, T. F. (2013). Personality pathology and alcohol dependence at 
midlife in a community sample . Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment , 4 (1), 55–61.
doi:10.1037/a0030224
• Hartman, L. I., Ho, V., Arbour, S., Hambley, J. M., & Lawson, P. (2012). Sexual addiction and substance 
addiction: Comparing sexual addiction treatment outcomes among clients with and without comorbid 
substance use disorders . Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity , 19 , 284–309. doi:10.1080/10720162.2012.735515
• Mistler, L. A., Brunette, M. F., Ferron, J. C., & Ziedonis, D. M. (2012). Shared decision making and behavioral 
support interventions for people with severe mental illness and tobacco dependence . Journal of Dual 
Diagnosis , 8 (2), 99–103. doi:10.1080/15504263.2012.671093
• Schlosser, A. V., & Hoffer, L. D. (2012). The psychotropic self/imaginary: Subjectivity and 
psychopharmaceutical use among heroin users with co-occurring mental illness . Culture, Medicine and 
Psychiatry , 36 (1), 26–50. doi:10.1007/s11013-011-9244-9
• Lembke, A. (2012). Time to abandon the self-medication hypothesis in patients with psychiatric disorders 
. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse , 38 (6), 524–529. doi:10.3109/00952990.2012.694532