Understanding the disease of addiction.
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.pop.2010.11.001.
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Abstract
Addiction is a chronic brain disease. Drug addiction manifests as a compulsive obsession to use a substance despite serious detrimental and sometimes irreversible consequences. Drug addiction is not the same as drug dependency because dependency may not manifest as an addictive behavior. This problem is fundamental to understanding the disease of addiction. This article discusses the neurobiology and genetics of drug addiction.
Medical subject headings
- Substance-Related Disorders