Addiction medicine

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Addiction Medicine

Addiction medicine (/əˈdɪkʃən mɛdɪsɪn/) is a medical specialty that deals with the treatment and prevention of addiction related disorders.

Etymology

The term "addiction medicine" is derived from the English word "addiction" (/əˈdɪkʃən/), which comes from the Latin addictio, meaning "a giving over, surrendering" and "medicine" (/ˈmɛdɪsɪn/), which is derived from the Latin medicina, meaning "the healing art, medicine; a remedy".

Related Terms

  • Addiction: A psychological and physical inability to stop consuming a chemical, drug, activity, or substance, even though it is causing psychological and physical harm.
  • Substance Use Disorder: A condition in which the use of one or more substances leads to a clinically significant impairment or distress.
  • Behavioral Addiction: A form of addiction that involves a compulsion to engage in a rewarding non-substance-related behavior – sometimes called a natural reward – despite any negative consequences to the person's physical, mental, social or financial well-being.
  • Detoxification: The process of removing toxins from the body. In the context of addiction medicine, it refers to the period of time during which the body is allowed to process or metabolize any drugs or alcohol in the system and, in doing so, clears their toxic influence.
  • Rehabilitation: A program that helps people to recover from addiction, often includes therapies and counseling.
  • Relapse: A return to drug use after a period of abstinence.

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