Addiction Models and the Challenge of Having Impact

Addiction continues to be one of the most serious and intractable problems facing society with alcohol use being the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States (Stahre. 2014). The article by Bickel, Crabbe, and Sher (2019) features presentations of two major approaches to addiction by prominent proponents John Crabbe and Warren Bickel with discussion by noted researcher Kenneth Sher. The article provides an opportunity to examine how these approaches model addiction in terms of substance use disorder (SUD) criteria and to consider their potential for impact on alcohol and drug use disorders and interventions in the nonacademic world. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.