Dr. Brooks seeks to account for the substance abuse of her therapy clients in terms of their abusive home environments,their limited sense of life purpose,and the altered functioning of their neurotransmitter systems. Dr. Brooks is most clearly using a(n)________ approach to understanding addictive behaviors.

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Dr. Brooks is taking a biopsychosocial approach by considering biological factors (neurotransmitter systems), psychological factors (limited sense of life purpose), and social factors (abusive home environments) that may contribute to substance abuse. The other options (cognitive, parallel processing, activation-synthesis) do not fully encompass all three of these domains.

Dr Brooks Seeks to Account for the Substance Abuse of Her