Anne Truong MDMen's Sexual Health Doctor

What is Addiction #whatisaddiction #addictionawareness #youtubeshorts #shorts #viral #trending #fyp

8 Dec 2023 · 1 min

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A brief YouTube short by Anne Truong MD explaining addiction as a compulsive, repeated use of a substance or engagement in a behavior despite harm. The speaker frames addiction as a primary chronic disease of the brain that affects the brain's reward system, motivation, and memory.

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What is addiction? How do you define addiction? Addiction is basically a compulsive use of either a substance or the presence of a behavior. That happens repeatedly. Despite its harmful effect on the person or on their functioning. So it's also a primary chronic disease. You may have heard addiction talked about it being a disease because it's a disease of the brain, of the brain reward system. It affects motivation, affects memory. It affects those circuits that are part of it.

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