It is considered an addiction (from the Latin addictus, which was the insolvent debtor who, for lack of payment, was given as a slave to his creditor1) to a chronic and recurrent disease of the brain characterized by a pathological search for reward and / or relief through the use of a substance or other behaviors. This implies an inability to control behavior, difficulty for permanent abstinence, overriding desire for consumption, decreased recognition of significant problems caused by one's behavior and in interpersonal relationships as well as a dysfunctional emotional response.2 The result is a decrease in the quality of life of the affected person (generating problems in their work, in their academic activities, in their social relationships and / or in their family or couple relationships). Neuroscience currently considers that addiction to substances and behaviors share the same neurobiological bases.
Main Addictions:
- Alcohol addiction.
- Adicción al cigarro.
- Adicción a las drogas.
- Adicción al juego.
- Adicción a la comida.
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