No level has primacy in what is called addiction: "addiction is a social disease" would be just as tenable

Robin Room^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia. R.Room@latrobe.edu.au.
² Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. R.Room@latrobe.edu.au.

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Robin Room. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;46(10):1712.

doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01015-4. Epub 2021 May 3.

Robin Room^{1

2}

¹ Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia. R.Room@latrobe.edu.au.
² Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden. R.Room@latrobe.edu.au.

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Response to "Addiction is a social disease: just as tenable as calling it a brain disease".
Heilig M, MacKillop J, Martinez D, Rehm J, Leggio L, Vanderschuren LJMJ. Heilig M, et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Sep;46(10):1713-1714. doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01037-y. Epub 2021 Jun 9. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021. PMID: 34108632 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Addiction as a brain disease revised: why it still matters, and the need for consilience.
Heilig M, MacKillop J, Martinez D, Rehm J, Leggio L, Vanderschuren LJMJ. Heilig M, et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Sep;46(10):1715-1723. doi: 10.1038/s41386-020-00950-y. Epub 2021 Feb 22. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021. PMID: 33619327 Free PMC article. Review.

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