Singer, Bryan
(2016).
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Abstract
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines disease as "a condition that prevents the body or mind from working normally" and addiction as a "compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance" (Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary 2016). In contrast, depression is "a seriosu medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way." The dictionary makes it clear that depression is a disease. Concerning addiction, it's a bit ambiguous, even though drug abuse prevents the "body or mind from working normally." We need to stop talking about drug abuse as simply a bad habit, and instead start discussing how to treat and prevent addiction as an illness.
Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright Holders: | 2016 ABC-CLIO LLC |
ISBN: | 1-4408-3982-4, 978-1-4408-3982-5 |
Keywords: | substance abuse |
Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) |
Item ID: | 50842 |
Depositing User: | Bryan Singer |
Date Deposited: | 11 Sep 2017 09:04 |
Last Modified: | 07 Dec 2018 10:56 |
URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/50842 |
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