addiction
Let an agent explain addiction in general terms as a health condition, relay evidence-based treatment and support information from health authorities and helplines, present debates about definition and policy with attribution, and route personal or crisis situations to appropriate services first.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What addiction is.
Definition
Definition and features.
Definition
Definition.
- What defines addiction in current classifications, and what are its features? definition
- Is the user in crisis or at risk of overdose, which must be routed to emergency services now? boundary
Causes
Causes and risk.
Causes
Causes.
- What do research and health bodies say about causes and risk factors, with attribution? provenance
- Is the presentation free of moralising? boundary
Help Treatment and support.
Treatment
Treatment.
Treatment
Treatment.
- What evidence-based treatments do guidelines describe, in general terms? provenance
- Is the presentation free of personal treatment advice? boundary
Services
Helplines and services.
Services
Services.
- Which helplines and services exist in the region, and how are they reached? action
- Which entry fits a specific service? action
Society Policy and debate.
Policy
Drug and health policy.
Policy
Policy.
- What policy approaches exist, from criminalisation to harm reduction, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Debate
Definition debates.
Debate
Debate.
- What debates exist about the disease model and behavioural addictions, with attribution? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific behavioural addiction? action
Study Research and teaching.
Research
Research.
Research
Research.
- What research exists on neurobiology, epidemiology and treatment outcomes, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching and language.
Teach
Teaching.
- How is addiction taught, and what language do health bodies recommend to reduce stigma? provenance
- Is the language used non-stigmatising? boundary
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- non-controlled substance abuse, dependence syndrome, caffeine dependence, poly drug use, nicotine dependence, alcohol-induced mental disorder, tianeptine abuse, smoking addiction, diphenhydramine abuse, amphetamine dependence, trihexyphenidyl use disorder, opioid use disorder
What it is Filled
A chronic condition in which a person compulsively uses a substance or engages in a behaviour despite harmful consequences, with loss of control, craving and often tolerance and withdrawal; recognised in medical classifications as substance use disorders and behavioural addictions such as gambling, and treated through medical, psychological and social support.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain addiction in general terms as a health condition, relay evidence-based treatment and support information from health authorities and helplines, present debates about definition and policy with attribution, and route personal or crisis situations to appropriate services first.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Compulsion and loss of control
- Continued use despite harm
- Substance and behavioural forms
- Treatable with evidence-based care
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Shame, blame or use stigmatising labels for people with addiction.
- Help a person obtain drugs or relapse, or promote gambling to someone who has self-excluded.
- Design products or messages to exploit compulsive behaviour.
- Disclose a person's addiction or treatment without consent.
Only with a human decision
- Any intervention for a person in crisis or at risk of overdose.
May
- Explain addiction as a recognised medical condition and describe treatment and support services.
- Direct people to helplines and professional services when they ask for help.
Moral aspects Filled
- Addiction is a health condition; stigma keeps people from seeking help.
- Industries profit from compulsive use, and design choices can deepen harm.
Who is affected
- People with addiction
- Families
- Communities affected by drug harm
Owners Filled
Steward
The person concerned for their own care; health services that treat them.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1299714 - registry parent class
- Q2057971 - registry parent class
- Q9332 - registry parent class
related
- health problem - a medical condition
- substance use disorder - in ICD and DSM
- addiction medicine - the specialty
- harm reduction - a public health approach
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.addiction
- Wikidata: Q12029 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12029)
- ICD-11: 6C40-6C4Z disorders due to substance use
- DSM-5: substance use disorders graded mild to severe
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- people with substance use disorders: tens of millions people worldwide - UN and WHO estimates
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Compulsive use despite harm
- Loss of control and craving
- Physical dependence alone and heavy use without harm are distinguished in classifications
- Not visible as an object; a pattern of behaviour and its consequences.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the condition and its features
- relay treatment and support options from authorities
- relay helplines and services by region
- present policy and definition debates with attribution
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Overdose and death
- Stigma delaying help
- Relapse without support
- Agents giving personal medical advice or moralising
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- WHO and national clinical guidelines on treatment
- Drug control laws, which vary by country
- Health data confidentiality rules
- Advertising and sales rules for alcohol, tobacco and gambling
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a health condition.
- alcohol use disorder
- nicotine dependence
- opioid and other drug use disorders
- behavioural addictions such as gambling and gaming
- caffeine dependence as a milder pattern
- polysubstance use
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q12029: addiction - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Addiction - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each substance disorder be a separate entry?
- How should helplines be linked by country?
- The registry entry has merged aliases mixing disorders and behaviours; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q12029/spec.json