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WHAT IS addiction???
Addiction
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Addiction is a brain disease.
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Addiction has different stages.
Nutt, D.J. & Nestor, L.J., 2018. What is addiction? In Addiction (Oxford Psychiatry Library). Oxford University Press, pp. Addiction (Oxford Psychiatry Library), Chapter 1.
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Addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder.
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Addiction does not happen immediately.
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Online Gaming Addiction is ‘non-substance’ behavioral addiction.
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the DSM states that an "essential feature" of the disorder is having a "persistent and recurrent participation in computer gaming for typically
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8 hours or more per day and at least 30 hours per week."
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