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2. What Is Addiction? Definition, Signs, Treatment, and More

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   An addiction is a chronic dysfunction of the brain system that involves reward, motivation, and memory. It’s about the way your body craves a substance or behavior, especially if it causes a ...

3. Addiction - Wikipedia

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   Psychiatry, clinical psychology, toxicology, addiction medicine. Addiction is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by a persistent and intense urge to use a drug or engage in a behaviour that produces natural reward, despite substantial harm and other negative consequences.

4. Types of Addiction and How They're Treated - Healthline

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   Today, most experts recognize two types of addiction: Chemical addiction. This refers to addiction that involves the use of substances. Behavioral addiction. This refers to addiction that involves ...

5. Drug Abuse & Addiction: Effects on Brain, Risk Factors, Signs

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   Drug addiction isn’t about just heroin, cocaine, or other illegal drugs. You can get addicted to alcohol, nicotine, sleep and anti-anxiety medications, and other legal substances.

6. Substance use disorder - Wikipedia

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   Substance use disorder ( SUD) is the persistent use of drugs despite the substantial harm and adverse consequences to one's own self and others, as a result of their use. [7] [8] In perspective, the effects of the wrong use of substances that are capable of causing harm to the user or others, have been extensively described in different studies ...

7. Alcohol Addiction: Signs, Complications, and Recovery

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   Alcohol addiction, also known as alcoholism, is a disease that affects people of all walks of life. Experts have tried to pinpoint factors like genetics, sex, race, or socioeconomics that may ...