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Section sizes Section size for Addiction (72 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 8,057 8,057 225 225 Signs and symptoms 1,999 1,999 27 27 Substance use disorder 4,209 4,209 191 191 Food addiction 5,471 5,471 343 343 Behavioral addiction 2,741 2,741 154 154 Causes 14 15,861 0 534 Personality theories 2,767 2,767 91 91 Neuropsychology 7,453 13,080 101 443 Stimulus control of behavior 983 983 77 77 Cognitive control of behavior 1,850 1,850 156 156 Evolutionary perspectives 2,794 2,794 109 109 Risk factors 1,433 34,175 111 1,970 Genetic factors 5,996 5,996 430 430 Stress and Addiction 2,722 2,722 245 245 Environmental factors 6,167 9,024 420 456 Social control theory 2,857 2,857 36 36 Age 3,186 5,243 173 304 Prefrontal Cortex Maturation and Addiction Risk 2,057 2,057 131 131 Comorbid disorders 2,064 2,064 82 82 Epigenetic 1,365 7,693 91 342 Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance 6,328 6,328 251 251 Mechanisms 23,975 49,991 737 1,390 Reward system 44 9,158 0 237 Mesocorticolimbic pathway 6,762 6,762 58 58 Role of dopamine and glutamate 2,352 2,352 179 179 Reward sensitization 14,160 14,160 305 305 Neuroepigenetic mechanisms 2,698 2,698 111 111 Diagnosis 87 12,319 0 813 Classification 22 6,621 0 417 DSM-5 4,792 4,792 279 279 ICD-11 1,807 1,807 138 138 Screening and assessment 34 5,611 0 396 Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment 1,357 1,357 59 59 Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (TAPS) 950 950 78 78 CRAFFT 1,284 1,284 123 123 Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10) 841 841 72 72 Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Test (ASSIST) 1,145 1,145 64 64 Prevention 64 7,712 0 290 Abuse liability 1,422 1,422 138 138 Potential vaccines for addiction to substances 6,226 6,226 152 152 Treatment 6,995 6,995 80 80 Epidemiology 554 18,426 52 934 Asia 1,071 1,071 55 55 Australia 1,527 1,527 118 118 Europe 1,572 1,572 97 97 United States 10,491 10,491 371 371 Canada 1,951 1,951 146 146 South America 1,260 1,260 95 95 Etymology 6,355 7,475 286 365 The suffixes "-holic" and "-holism" 1,120 1,120 79 79 History 1,498 1,498 120 120 Addiction and art 930 20,824 146 1,389 As therapy 7,532 7,532 458 458 As an assessment tool 3,735 3,735 300 300 Advocacy 8,627 8,627 485 485 Social scientific models 255 18,472 12 1,414 Biopsychosocial Model 2,920 10,161 92 666 Biological Factors 2,115 2,115 185 185 Psychological Factors 2,165 2,165 166 166 Social and Environmental Factors 2,961 2,961 223 223 Cultural model 3,499 3,499 312 312 Subcultural model 2,541 2,541 188 188 Critical medical anthropology model 2,016 2,016 236 236 Social learning models 30 6,253 0 512 Social learning theory 1,167 1,167 74 74 Transtheoretical model (stages of change model) 5,056 5,056 438 438 See also 343 343 0 0 Endnotes 27 27 0 0 Notes 81 81 0 0 References 28 28 0 0 Further reading 1,014 1,014 0 0 External links 1,319 1,319 0 0 Total 225,290 225,290 10,751 10,751

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Are we sure its the most appropriate to format the page around the idea that addiction is a brain disorder when it is a highly contested model? Its quite controversial to present it as an absolute truth when there's emerging evidence on the contrary.

I suggest its better we make the definition more neutral in the introduction (i.e. focus on behaviours rather than the possible cause of addiction such as the referencing how its compulsive or something similar to that) and delve into the brain disorder model under a subsection. Textbookviolence (talk) 16:24, 30 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Oboukalik: MDPI is a subpar source for medical claims. See WP:MEDRS.

And e.g. pornography addiction is not recognized as an addiction.

"Is PPU real?" is a different question that "Is porn addiction real?". tgeorgescu (talk) 21:30, 27 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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