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Terminology
Addiction: designates a process whereby a behavior, that can function both to produce pleasure and to provide
escape from internal discomfort, is employed in a pattern characterized by (1) recurrent failure to control the
behavior (powerlessness) and (2) continuation of the behavior despite significant negative consequences.
Behavioral addiction: occur when someone becomes addicted to a rewarding behaviour that does not involve
an addictive substance, such as gambling, sex, or eating.
Substance addiction: A drug addiction, a distinct concept from substance dependence, is defined as
compulsive, out-of-control drug use, despite negative consequences. An addictive drug is a drug which is
both rewarding and reinforcing.
DSM-5: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric
Association and offers a common language and standard criteria for the classification of mental disorders.
Terminology cont.
The biopsychosocial model: is a broad view that
attributes disease outcome to interaction of