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PSYCHOLOGICAL DEPENDENCE [1 record]

Record 1 2007-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

A condition in which a drug produces a feeling of satisfaction and a psychic drive that require periodic or continuous administration of the drug to produce pleasure or to avoid discomfort.

OBS

Psychic dependence can perhaps be roughly equated with drug habituation ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

À la phase initiale d'exaltation succède une sensation de vide cérébral pouvant persister plusieurs jours, voire plusieurs semaines même après une seule prise. Cet état peut être la première manifestation du phénomène de dépendance psychique.

OBS

On pourrait assimiler plus ou moins la dépendance psychique à l'accoutumance [...]

Spanish

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

Deseo -en ocasiones inmediato y compulsivo- de repetir la administración de una droga para obtener la vivencia de efectos agradables y placenteros.

OBS

dependencia psicológica: Algunos expertos arguyen que "dependencia psicológica" significa dependencia a la psicoterapia, por ejemplo, y no hace referencia a la dependencia del efecto que produce la habituación a una sustancia adictiva.

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