Achieving consensus, coherence, clarity and consistency when talking about addiction

Robert West; Sharon Cox; Caitlin Jade Notley; Guy Du Plessis; Janna Hastings

doi:10.1111/add.16393

Achieving consensus, coherence, clarity and consistency when talking about addiction

Robert West (Lead Author), Sharon Cox, Caitlin Jade Notley, Guy Du Plessis, Janna Hastings

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Abstract

Progress in addiction science is hampered by disagreements and ambiguity around its core construct: addiction. Addiction Ontology (AddictO) offers a path to a solution of the kind that has addressed similar problems in other areas of science: a set of clearly and uniquely defined entities to which terms such as ‘addiction’, ‘addictive disorder’ and ‘substance dependence’ can be applied for ease of reference while recognizing that it is the construct definitions and their unique IDs that are central, not the terms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	796-798
Number of pages	3
Journal	Addiction
Volume	119
Issue number	5
Early online date	20 Nov 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16393
Publication status	Published - May 2024

Keywords

Addiction
Addiction Ontology
addictive behaviour
ontology
substance dependence
substance use

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