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"Psychological addiction" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Psychological addiction has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 March 22 § Psychological addiction until a consensus is reached. Hildeoc (talk) 05:56, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposed: Break out Treatment of addiction into a separate article

Given the substantial overall length of this article, currently over 272K, I propose that we break out the section Addiction#Treatment and management into a new article on Treatment of addiction (currently a redirect), which would parallel the existence of articles like Treatment of mental disorders, Treatment of bipolar disorder, and Treatment of Rett syndrome. BD2412 T 18:21, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hearing no objection, I am moving forward with this. Cheers! BD2412 T 16:00, 20 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I support the plan and the first couple of paragraphs of the new article are quite well written and cover the most important points. However, the next couple of paragraphs are very specific to one researcher and come across like an editorial. I know you're just beginning this process so you might be editing those paragraphs anyway, but I wanted to bring those concerns to your attention. Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/him] 04:34, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Brain positron emission image does not tell us anything useful

The image on the right side of the page, on brain metabolism and cocaine addiction suggests cocaine addiction can be easily spotted in the brain. However, if this would be so clear, it would be really easy to diagnose people that are addicted. The image in itself does not tell us anything without a proper explanation what causes the images to differ, and if this only occurs for cocaine and not other brain processes.

I would suggest at least a disclaimer would be useful, however putting it in the body of the article would make more sense. Nappeklapper (talk) 00:10, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I support such a change. -- ---- Mark D Worthen PsyD (talk) [he/him] 04:30, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]