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  • Psychiatry
  • Addiction Research

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  • Distinguishing normal brain function from pathology is challenging.
  • Addiction involves distorted and excessive 'wanting' processes.
  • The incentive-sensitization theory explains addiction's neural basis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if addiction, based on incentive-sensitization theory, can be legitimately described as a 'brain disease'.
  • To discuss the implications of neural sensitization in addiction.
  • To advocate for focusing on addiction understanding and treatment over semantic debates.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of the incentive-sensitization theory.
  • Examination of neural sensitization in addiction.
  • Discussion of pathological changes in brain systems.

Main Results:

  • Drug-induced neural sensitization causes excessive 'wanting' in addiction.
  • These pathological changes in mesolimbic systems support a 'brain disease' description.
  • Caveats are necessary to include choice and agency in addiction.

Conclusions:

  • Addiction exhibits pathological neural changes warranting the 'brain disease' label.
  • Focus should shift from terminology debates to improving addiction understanding and treatment.
  • Acknowledging agency alongside biological changes is crucial for effective interventions.