What is Addiction?
What is Addiction?
- Addiction: Any of various addictions to substances or activities.
- Addiction: being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs).
Source - WordNet 2.1
Addiction: Introduction
Types of Addiction:
Types of Addiction:
Broader types of Addiction:
How serious is Addiction?
Complications of Addiction:
see complications of Addiction
What causes Addiction?
Causes of Addiction: see causes of Addiction
Risk factors for Addiction:
see
risk factors for Addiction
What are the symptoms of Addiction?
Symptoms of Addiction:
see symptoms of Addiction
Complications of Addiction:
see complications of Addiction
Addiction: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Addiction.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Addiction.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Addiction:
see treatments for Addiction
Research for Addiction:
see research for Addiction
Organs Affected by Addiction:
Organs and body systems related to Addiction include:
Name and Aliases of Addiction
Main name of condition: Addiction
Class of Condition for Addiction: behavior addiction
Other names or spellings for Addiction:
addictive, addicted, dependence conditions
Dependence, Dependency, Habituation
Source - WordNet 2.1
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