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Behavior, Addictive

"Behavior, Addictive" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The observable, measurable, and often pathological activity of an organism that portrays its inability to overcome a habit resulting in an insatiable craving for a substance or for performing certain acts. The addictive behavior includes the emotional and physical overdependence on the object of habit in increasing amount or frequency.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Behavior, Addictive" by people in this website by year, and whether "Behavior, Addictive" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1999 and 2008 and 2009 and 2013 and 2014 and 2017 and 2019 and 2022
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