All of the Following Are Common Misconceptions About Addiction, Except

question 359

Multiple Choice

All of the following are common misconceptions about addiction, except the statement that

• A) to overcome an addiction a person almost always needs professional therapy.
• B) psychoactive and medicinal drugs very quickly lead to addiction.
• C) biological factors place some individuals at increased risk for addiction.
• D) many other repetitive, pleasure-seeking behaviors fit the drug-addiction-as-disease-needing-treatment model.

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