Why does it make sense to view addiction as a mental disorder?
a. The symptoms reflect behaviors that involve the pathological need for a substance.
b. The most effective treatments are psychological.
c. Neurochemical imbalances underlie the problematic behaviors observed.
d. Substance abuse frequently develops in an attempt to self-medicate negative mood states.
Question 2
Loretta has a long history of first idealizing men and then feeling they have abandoned her. Feelings of emptiness change into reckless acts of sexual promiscuity, gambling, and suicide attempts. She feels that she has never had a sense of self.
Loretta probably has ________ personality disorder.
a. narcissistic
b. histrionic
c. dependent
d. borderline