The Disease Model

2-3 pages excludin" rel="nofollow">ing the title page and resource in" rel="nofollow">instruction on the disease model case study 5 CASE 5: Marcus Jones is a 15–year–old African American male who lives with his mother, grandmother and two siblin" rel="nofollow">ings. His love of video games is now in" rel="nofollow">interferin" rel="nofollow">ing with his school performance. Demographics and Comorbidity 15–year–old African American male, attends high school, an in" rel="nofollow">intelligent “nerd” who prefers social isolation and selected cyber friends to community friends who might pick on him. Sociocultural Factors Lives with mother and grandmother and two younger siblin" rel="nofollow">ings at home in" rel="nofollow">in a poor neighborhood, no family transportation, buses to school, mother works long hours outside home to provide for family, father absent and has history of drug addiction and arrest and in" rel="nofollow">incarceration due to his addictive behavior. Forced participation in" rel="nofollow">in local Baptist church with family. Addiction History Discovered Internet games when family obtain" rel="nofollow">ined first computer capable of gamin" rel="nofollow">ing when client was 12 years old. Mother sees client as her one child who can be successful in" rel="nofollow">in life and has encouraged his computer skills and competitive video gamin" rel="nofollow">ing. Client has been gamin" rel="nofollow">ing for longer hours over the last three years and enjoys the success from onlin" rel="nofollow">ine gamin" rel="nofollow">ing competition. Treatment History Despite bein" rel="nofollow">ing called a “gamin" rel="nofollow">ing addict” by some peers and relatives, he has had no previous treatment history for addictive behavior. Reason for Seekin" rel="nofollow">ing Treatment Academic performance has suffered significantly due to excessive Internet video gamin" rel="nofollow">ing and stayin" rel="nofollow">ing up late playin" rel="nofollow">ing onlin" rel="nofollow">ine with limited sleep. High school guidance counselor in" rel="nofollow">intervened and recommended seekin" rel="nofollow">ing help for video gamin" rel="nofollow">ing addiction. • The Disease Models Resources • The Disease Models Scorin" rel="nofollow">ing Guide. • Addiction Case Studies. For this assignment, imagin" rel="nofollow">ine you are a counselor workin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in a disease model treatment program. Select one of the case studies you were in" rel="nofollow">introduced to in" rel="nofollow">in the last unit. The person in" rel="nofollow">in your selected case study will represent the "client" who is seekin" rel="nofollow">ing help from your program. Assignment Instructions Complete the followin" rel="nofollow">ing sections for this assignment: • Introduction—In this section of the paper: o Identify the client from the case study and briefly summarize the client's demographic characteristics and addictive behavior history that are relevant to the disease models of addiction. This section sets the stage for the next sections. • Applications of Disease Models—In this section: o Apply your understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the disease models of addiction to your client. Do client demographics and history suggest that your client suffers from a disease of addiction? Based on your in" rel="nofollow">interpretation, what disease model treatment strategies might you recommend for this client? • Sociocultural Factors and the Disease Models—Fin" rel="nofollow">inally, in" rel="nofollow">in the last section: o Describe how sociocultural factors ("medicalization" of addictions through diagnoses, medical treatment, pharmacotherapy, genetic in" rel="nofollow">influences, brain" rel="nofollow">in scans, and media portrayal of addictions) may affect the client's perception of the problem and the addictive behavior. o Describe factors that may contribute to the addictive behavior as well as factors that may be helpful in" rel="nofollow">in overcomin" rel="nofollow">ing the addiction from the perspective of the disease models of addiction. Assignment Requirements • Length: The paper should be 2–3 pages, excludin" rel="nofollow">ing the title page and resources page. • References: Throughout your paper, apply relevant research fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings from scholarly literature usin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in-text citations to support your reasonin" rel="nofollow">ing. Include references for each of your citations in" rel="nofollow">in a separate reference page at the end of your paper,