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Dec 09, 2011, 09:34 AM
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The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has formulated a new definition of addition. The short version of the definition: Addiction is a "primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory, and related circuitry."
Dr. Michael Miller talks about the definition in a podcast here: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/addi...10168/1990535# For those who prefer to read rather than listen, there is a quite detailed explanation of the new definition here: http://www.asam.org/DefinitionofAddi...ngVersion.html The definition will be controversial for what we are told addiction is not. |
 Willcat
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Dec 09, 2011, 05:29 PM
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oh my. whole new can o' worms.
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| Anonymous32463
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Dec 09, 2011, 06:24 PM
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(((((((((Hankster))))))))))  uh oh, I be addicted to your comments.....I love to laugh...ha ha ha ha ha.......thank you!!!!! Sorry I woke you up on Sunday...I'll try to be quieter......oops, I be addicted to breathing, to laughing...to hmmmmmmmmmmmmto music!! Yes, definitely turn on pleasure centers in the brain... gotta watch my penchant for abuse of aforesaid substances!!  ~~~~~~~~Pax-theo
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