addictive behaviour

ID
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ADDICTO:0000350

Curation status
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Proposed
Created
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18 Dec '20

Modified
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6 Jan '21

Parents
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Definition
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A behaviour that is addictive in a significant proportion of of people who engage in it.

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Comment
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Currently accepted as addictive behaviours are: alcohol consumption, use of nicotine or tobacco-containing products, opioid use, stimulant use, cannabis use, sedative use, steroid use,and gambling. Some experts believe that online gaming should be added.

Fuzzy set
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Yes

Fuzzy explanation
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It depends of what counts as a signifiacnt proportion and on the interpretation of addiction.

Curator note
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There is not a consensus on what what counts as a significant proportion but in practice in common usage it can be as low as 10%.

AddictO sub-ontology
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Human being