5 ms·
This article confuses drug use with addiction. Addiction is a state where a patient wants to quit a drug, but can't. And that is when you want to intervene as a
by rysertio 3y ago
This article confuses drug use with addiction. Addiction is a state where a patient wants to quit a drug, but can't. And that is when you want to intervene as a psychiatrist.
- frereubu 3y agoCan you say where the article does this? It seems pretty explicit to me, with the key word being diagnosable: "I quit at around the age when, according to large epidemiological studies, most people who have diagnosable addiction problems do so — without treatment."
- alpaca128 3y agoAfaik addiction isn't defined based on what the person wants, but if their life is negatively affected by it. Sometimes I don't get why that's a necessary condition, but for addiction it makes sense.
- cmaggiulli 3y agoThere is nothing in the definition of addiction that requires the desire to quit
- rPlayer6554 3y agoNo addiction as I understand it is _even if they want to_ they cannot. Not all addicts want to quit.