English-Dutch translations for addiction

• addictie
• verslaafdheid
• verslaving
  Gokken is een hedendaagse vorm van verslaving. Gambling is a contemporary form of addiction.
  Het gaat in op schadebeperking, verslaving en misdaad. It addresses harm reduction, addiction and crime.
  En we moeten onze verslaving aan fossiele en andere gevaarlijke brandstoffen opgeven. Yes, we need to break our addiction to fossil-based energy and hazardous energy.
• zucht

Definition of addiction

• A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.Angres DH, Bettinardi-Angres K . "The disease of addiction: origins, treatment, and recovery". Dis Mon 54 : 696–721. doi:10.1016/j.disamonth.2008.07.002. pmid:18790142.Malenka RC, Nestler EJ, Hyman SE . "Chapter 15: Reinforcement and Addictive Disorders". In Sydor A, Brown RY. Molecular Neuropharmacology: A Foundation for Clinical Neuroscience . New York: McGraw-Hill Medical. pp. 364–365, 375. . "The defining feature of addiction is compulsive, out-of-control drug use, despite negative consequences. ...compulsive eating, shopping, gambling, and sex–so-called “natural addictions”– Indeed, addiction to both drugs and behavioral rewards may arise from similar dysregulation of the mesolimbic dopamine system."
• A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma

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