Addiction Now Officially a ‘Brain Disorder’

After four years of work involving 80 experts, the American Society of Addiction Medicine is redefining addiction—to alcohol, drugs, sex, gambling, and more—as a brain disorder, updating its former classification as a behavioral problem, reports Live Science . Addiction is also now considered a primary and chronic disorder, meaning…

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Addiction Now Officially a ‘Brain Disorder’

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