Addictions
Addictions
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What is addiction?
The term "addiction" is used in many contexts to describe
an obsession, compulsion, or excessive physical depence
or psychological dependence, such as: drug addiction,
video games, crime, alcoholism, compulsive overeating,
problem gambling, computer addiction, pornography, etc.
Drug addiction
Drug addiction is widely
considered a pathological
state. The disorder of
addiction involves the
progression of acute drug
use to the development of
drug-seeking behavior, the
vulnerability to relapse, and
the decreased, slowed
ability to respond to
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