Week 1 Discussion

Please no plagiarism and make sure you are able to access all resource on your own before you bid. One of the references must come from Van Wormer, K., & Davis, D. R. (2018) and/or American Psychiatric Association. (2013). You need to have scholarly support for any claim of fact or recommendation regarding treatment. APA format also requires headings. Use the prompt each week to guide your heading titles and organize the content of your initial post under the appropriate headings. Remember to use scholarly research from peer-reviewed articles that is current. I have also attached my discussion rubric so you can see how to make full points. Please follow the instructions to get full credit for the discussion. I need this completed by 02/27/19 at 6pm. 

Discussion – Week 1

Historical Influences on Addiction Treatment
In order to address the needs of clients, counselors working with addiction must understand the effects of historical developments, as well as how substance-related policies and laws have impacted the field of addiction counseling. Further, it is essential to understand the continued development of the field of addiction counseling as improvements to both treatments and conceptualizations evolve.
For this Discussion, review this week’s learning resources and reflect on the considerations noted above. Reflect on how knowledge of these will help prepare you to serve clients with addiction issues. Then, consider the implications that addiction counseling and related prevention programs have for scholar-practitioners committed to social change.

Post by Day 4 a description of the historical development that you believe contributed most to addictive disorders—either substance-related or behavioral—and why. Then, describe how current trends in addiction counseling reflect changes in contemporary research, public policy, and socio-economic variables. Lastly, discuss your ideas for advancing the field of addiction treatment.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Required Resources
· Van Wormer, K., & Davis, D. R. (2018). Addiction treatment: A strengths perspective (4th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.
o Chapter 1, “The Nature of Addiction” (pp. 3–49)
o Chapter 2, “Historical Perspectives” (pp. 51-87)
· Courtwright, D. T. (2012). Addiction and the science of history. Addiction, 107(3), 486–492.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
· Gartner, C. E., Carter, A., & Partridge, B. (2012). What are the public policy 0implications of a neurobiological view of addiction? Addiction, 107(7), 1199–1200.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
· Nutt, D., & McLellan, A. T. (2012). Can neuroscience improve addiction treatment and policies? Public Health Reviews, 35(2), 1–12.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases. 
· Document: Final Project (PDF)
· American Counseling Association (ACA). (2014a). ACA code of ethics [A.1, A.4, and A.6 only]. Retrieved from http://www.counseling.org/docs/ethics/2014-aca-code-of-ethics.pdf?sfvrsn=4
· National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). (n.d.). Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling: A Psychotherapeutic and Skills-Training Approach to the Treatment of Drug Addiction [Sections 4 and 5 only]. Retrieved February 20, 2019, from https://archives.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/approachestodacounseling.pdf