Addiction

Addiction: Introduction

Addiction: Any of various addictions to substances or activities. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Addiction is available below.

Symptoms of Addiction

• Uncontrolled cravings
• Obsessive thought about the addiction
• Energy focused on the addiction
• Absenteeism
• School truancy
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 24 symptoms of Addiction

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Addiction:

• Child Behavior: Home Testing
  • ADHD -- Home Test Kits
  • Concentration -- Home Testing
• Mental Health (Adults): Home Testing
  • Adult ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Tests
• Home Drug Tests
  • Home Marijuana Tests
  • Home Cocaine Tests
  • Home Alcohol Tests
  • Hair Drug Screening Tests
  • Methamphetamine Tests
  • Opiate Drug Tests
  • Benzodiazepine Drug Tests
  • Multiple Drug Screening Kits
• Smoking-Related Disorders: Home Testing:
  • Nicotine Home Tests
  • Home Lung Function Tests
  • Asthma-Related Home Testing
• Mental Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Emotional Stress Tests
  • ADHD -- Home Testing
  • Concentration -- Home Test Kits
• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Related Home Testing:
  • ADHD -- Home Tests
  • Drug Screening Kits
• more tests...»

Addiction: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Addiction:

• Social problems
• Relationship problems
• Work problems (see Society problems)
• Health problems
• Withdrawal symptoms (referring to withdrawal from the actual drug but can cause social isolation also)
• Impaired social relationships
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Addiction

Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Wrongly Diagnosed with Addiction?

• Misdiagnosis of Addiction
• Failure to diagnose Addiction
• Hidden causes of Addiction (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Addiction

Addiction: Self Assessment Tools

• Stress -- Self Assessment Tools
• Depression -- Self Assessment Tools
• Weight Management -- Self Assessment Tools
• Mental Health -- Self Assessment Tools
• more tools...»

Addiction: Medical Mistakes

• Concentration -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD -- Health Mistakes
• ADHD (Adults) -- Health Mistakes
• Depression -- Health Mistakes
• Bipolar -- Health Mistakes
• Sleep Disorders -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Addiction: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Undiagnosed:
  • Adult ADHD -- Undiagnosed - Often remains undiagnosed through to adulthood.
  • ADHD -- Undiagnosed
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
  • Concentration Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • Stroke -- Undiagnosed
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Undiagnosed
  • Schizophrenia -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Addiction

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various...read more »

ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can remain...read more »

Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care physicians. Many patients with bipolar seek help from their...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed diagnosis. See misdiagnosis of...read more »

Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical depression...read more »

Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see ...read more »

Read more about Misdiagnosis and Addiction

Addiction: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Addiction Health Specialists:
  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry
• Mental Health Specialists:
  • Psychiatry (Mental Health)
  • Geriatric Psychiatry (Seniors Mental Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior Specialist)
  • Psychosomatic Medicine
  • Forensic Psychiatry
• more specialists...»

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• Research local specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

Hospitals & Clinics: Addiction

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Addiction:

• Mental Health -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

Hospital & Clinic quality ratings » »

Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Addiction, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Addiction: Rare Types

Rare types of diseases and disorders in related medical categories:

• Brain & Neurological Disorders: Rare Types:
  • Adult ADHD -- Rare Types
  • ADHD -- Rare Types
  • Alzheimer Disease -- Rare Types
  • Migraine -- Rare Types
  • Concentration Disorders -- Rare Types
  • Stroke -- Rare Types
  • Bipolar Disorder -- Rare Types
  • Schizophrenia -- Rare Types
  • Epilepsy -- Rare Types
• more rare diseases...»

Causes of Addiction

Read more about causes of Addiction.

More information about causes of Addiction:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Addiction (33 listings)
• Addiction as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Addiction

Treatments for Addiction

• Psychotherapy
• Group therapy
• Aversion therapy
• Drug therapy
• Support groups, therapy - family and relationship therapy, sex addition treatment programs ,medications e.g. Prozac
• more treatments...»

Read more about treatments for Addiction

Latest Treatments for Addiction

• CBT
• more treatments...»

Read more about the latest treatments for Addiction

News Archives for Addiction

Medical news articles related to Addiction include:

• Protein Involved in Addiction Changes Brain Circuitry
• Gene Mutation Puts Some Kids at Risk for Tobacco Addiction
• Researchers Define Mechanism of Methamphetamine Addiction
• Brain Center May Link Addiction, Mental Illness
• Cell 'Addiction' to Growth Factors May Help Spur Cancers
• Rat Study Gets at Root of Nicotine Addiction
• Almost 1 in 10 Young Video Game Users 'Addicted'
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Videos for Addiction

Patient Surveys for Addiction

• Patient Profile Survey
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• Survey about the symptoms of your Addiction
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Reseach about Addiction

Visit our research pages for current research about Addiction treatments.

Addiction: Broader Related Topics

• Behavioral disorders
• Psychological disorders
• Psychiatric disorders
• more types...»

Types of Addiction

Types of Addiction

• Alcoholism
• Gambling addiction
• Drug addiction
• Nicotine addiction
• Exercise addiction
• more types...»

See full list of 9 Types of Addiction

Rare Types of Addiction:

Rare types of Addiction include:

• Heroin addiction
• Sex addiction
• Alcoholism
• Crystal meth addiction
• Pain-killer addiction
• Sleeping-pill addiction
• Prescribed medication addiction
• more types...»

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User Interactive Forums

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Definitions of 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)