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| | Hope for Addiction: A Brain not on Drugs |
 | | The emphases of these models are the maladaptive behavior changes (as identified by the presence of a persistent recurrent social, occupational, psychological, or physical problem(s)) exacerbated by the use of the substances. |
 | | The study of addiction deals with psychopharmacology, genetics, counseling theory, law, medicine, sociology and other disciplines as they are applied to provide a basic understanding of the practical issues surrounding the prevention and treatment of substance abuse and dependence. |
 | | It is really only this expression of addiction - uncontrollable, compulsive craving, seeking and use of drugs - that matters to the addict and to his or her family, and that should matter to society as a whole. |
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