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Deutsch: Suchtbehandlung / Español: Tratamiento de la adicción / Português: Tratamento da dependência / Français: Traitement de la dépendance / Italiano: Trattamento della dipendenza

Addiction Treatment encompasses a range of therapeutic interventions designed to help individuals overcome substance use disorders (SUDs) or behavioral addictions. It integrates medical, psychological, and social strategies to address the complex nature of addiction, which is recognized as a chronic but treatable condition by organizations such as the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Effective treatment often requires a personalized approach, as addiction manifests differently across individuals due to biological, environmental, and psychological factors.

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Addictive personality is the the hypothesis of a personality structure common to all people with substance-use disorders

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Addition is a speech error in which linguistic material is added.

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Additive synthesis is a term in hearing that refers to the process of building a complex tone by starting with the fundamental frequency and adding pure tone harmonics.

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Additive task refers to a group task in which performance depends on the sum of each individual's effort .

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Deutsch: Additive Aufgaben / Español: Tareas Aditivas / Português: Tarefas Aditivas / Français: Tâches Additives / Italiano: Compiti Additivi /

Additive tasks refer to tasks for which the group’s performance is equal to the sum of the performances of each individual group member; activities where the group output reflects the total of all individual members’ contributions.

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Adduction refers to movement medially toward the midline of the trunk, as in lowering the arms to the side or legs back to the anatomical position.

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Adenosine refers to an inhibitory neurotransmitter that has a sedative effect