Tolerance, Physical Dependence, Addiction: the Differences
People who are addicted develop a physical and psychological reliance on a substance that leads them to go to extreme lengths to continue taking it. To confuse matters further, “substance dependence” was then changed to “substance use disorder” in the new DSM-5. The intention was to simplify the phrasing by grouping substance abuse and substance […]
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