addiction
ID
ADDICTO:0000349
Curation status
Published
Created
1 Dec '21
Modified
4 Feb '25
Parents
Definition
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
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
"Addiction" in the Rational Addiction Model
Fuzzy set
No
BCIO lower level ontology
Mechanisms of Action