disease concept
type: Concept
definition: This popular and controversial model of addiction is credited to E. M. Jellinek, who presented a comprehensive disease model of alcoholism in 1960. The disease concept has become an implicit component of the Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous programs, as well as a guiding model for many treatment programs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery; Disease Concept]
broader: models of addiction

models of addiction
type: Concept
narrower: disease concept

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: disease concept