Alcohol and Drug Dependence
Alcohol and Drug Dependence : As a general term, the state of needing or depending on something or someone for support or to function or survive. As applied to alcohol and other drugs, the term implies a need for repeated doses of the drug to feel good or to avoid feeling bad. Dependence has been defined as a 'cluster of cognitive, behavioural and physiological symptoms that indicate a person has impaired control of the psychoactive substance use and continues use of the substance despite adverse consequences'
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