What is addiction
88 Citations•2017•
K. Clark, Mike Theron
Mental Health Matters
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Abstract
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM, 2017) Public Policy Statement defines addiction as “a chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry [which leads to] an inability to abstained [and] impairment in behaviour control, craving [and diminished recognition of significant problems with behaviour and interpersonal relationship,”