Defending and defining compulsive behaviour in addiction

Karen D Ersche^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.

Editorial

Karen D Ersche. Addict Biol. 2024 Aug.

. 2024 Aug;29(8):e13427.

doi: 10.1111/adb.13427.

Karen D Ersche^{1

2}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany.

No abstract available

Keywords: addiction; compulsivity; habit; habit theory.

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