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addiction [2 records]

Record 1 2007-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

Habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice which is beyond voluntary control.

CONT

Frequent visits to shooting galleries imply long-term and hard-core addictions with more needle sharing and increased chances of contact with HIV-infected persons.

OBS

Enormous difficulties have been encountered in trying to apply ... definitions of addiction and habituation because of the wide variations in the pattern of use. [In] 1964, the World Health Organization recommended a new standard that replaces both the term addiction and the term drug habituation with the term drug dependence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Asservissement à la drogue engendrant un état de besoin impérieux avec dépendance psychique et le plus souvent physique.

CONT

L'opinion selon laquelle un toxicomane consomme sans arrêt pendant toute sa vie n'est pas fondée puisqu'une grande partie des toxicomanes renoncent aux drogues même après une assuétude prolongée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología (Generalidades)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
DEF

Conducta repetida que surge de una necesidad orgánica o psicológica, que escapa del control del individuo.

CONT

Algunos tranquilizantes o estimulantes pueden causar adicción por lo que sólo deben usarse por prescripción médica [...]

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Record 2 2000-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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