Recent Patterns of Addiction in Czechoslovakia

There is no uniformity in the use of the terms habituation, addiction, intense desire, and craving. V. Petran (19) talks of craving as the irresistible desire to acquire a drug and the impossibility of abstaining from it. Craving may be manifested immediately after first consumption, but addiction r...

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Published in:British journal of psychiatry 1968-03, Vol.114 (508), p.285-292
Main Authors: VondráČek, V., Prokupek, J., Fischer, R., Ahrenbergová, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analgesics
Antipyrine
Aspirin
Barbiturates
Bronchodilator Agents
Caffeine
Czechoslovakia
Ephedrine
Female
Hospitals, Psychiatric
Humans
Hypnotics and Sedatives
Meprobamate
Phenmetrazine
Procaine
Psychoses, Substance-Induced
Substance-Related Disorders
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Summary:There is no uniformity in the use of the terms habituation, addiction, intense desire, and craving. V. Petran (19) talks of craving as the irresistible desire to acquire a drug and the impossibility of abstaining from it. Craving may be manifested immediately after first consumption, but addiction represents a regular use, from which craving may develop in time.
ISSN:0007-1250
1472-1465
DOI:10.1192/bjp.114.508.285