Addiction: Defining addiction

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Addiction is defined as a persistent __________ dependence on a behaviour or substance.
compulsive
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5% of the _____ population have a gambling addiction.
adult
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Pathological gambling is recognized by the ___ as a mental disorder.
dsm
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Anthony et al claim that the ____ prevalent addiction is a smoking dependency
most
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Griffiths identified ________ as a characteristic of addiction, when the behaviour becomes the most important thing.
salience
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____ modification was also identified as a characteristic of addictive behaviour.
mood
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Griffiths additionally identified a higher _________ of the behaviour or substance as a characteristic of addiction.
tolerance
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Another characteristic was __________ symptoms.
withdrawl
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Griffiths also identifies ________ with people and relapse as a characteristic of addiction.
conflict
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Griffiths claims that all six need to be _______ to diagnose addiction.
present
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