addiction

ID
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ADDICTO:0000349

Curation status
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Published
Created
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1 Dec '21

Modified
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4 Feb '25

Definition
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A <mental disposition> towards repeated episodes of abnormally high levels of motivation to engage in a behaviour, acquired as a result of engaging in the behaviour, where the behaviour results in risk or occurrence of serious net harm.

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Comment
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While 'addiction' is a disposition relating to experience motivation to use a substance, 'substance dependence' refers to 'disposition related to the impaired functioning in the absence of a substance'.

Examples
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"Addiction" in the Rational Addiction Model

Fuzzy set
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No

BCIO lower level ontology
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Mechanisms of Action