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Section sizes

Section size for Addiction (70 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	6,583	6,583	227	227
Signs and symptoms	2,003	2,003	27	27
Substance use disorder	4,157	4,157	191	191
Food addiction	5,470	5,470	343	343
Behavioral addiction	2,734	2,734	152	152
Causes	14	15,446	0	536
Personality theories	2,768	2,768	91	91
Neuropsychology	7,431	12,664	101	445
Stimulus control of behavior	1,011	1,011	78	78
Cognitive control of behavior	1,853	1,853	157	157
Evolutionary perspectives	2,369	2,369	109	109
Risk factors	1,432	31,798	110	1,775
Genetic factors	4,978	4,978	353	353
Stress and addiction	2,550	2,550	235	235
Environmental factors	5,615	8,473	379	415
Social control theory	2,858	2,858	36	36
Age	2,717	5,001	132	257
Prefrontal cortex maturation and addiction risk	2,284	2,284	125	125
Comorbid disorders	1,685	1,685	64	64
Epigenetic	1,363	7,679	90	341
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance	6,316	6,316	251	251
Mechanisms	23,899	49,937	717	1,368
Reward system	44	9,173	0	235
Mesocorticolimbic pathway	6,777	6,777	58	58
Role of dopamine and glutamate	2,352	2,352	177	177
Reward sensitization	14,167	14,167	305	305
Neuroepigenetic mechanisms	2,698	2,698	111	111
Diagnosis	87	12,352	0	811
Classification	22	6,638	0	415
DSM-5	4,809	4,809	277	277
ICD-11	1,807	1,807	138	138
Screening and assessment	34	5,627	0	396
Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment	1,355	1,355	59	59
Tobacco, Alcohol, Prescription Medication, and Other Substance Use (TAPS)	951	951	78	78
CRAFFT	1,304	1,304	123	123
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST-10)	838	838	72	72
Alcohol, Smoking, and Substance Involvement Test (ASSIST)	1,145	1,145	64	64
Prevention	331	1,746	34	169
Abuse liability	1,415	1,415	135	135
Treatment	5,981	5,981	359	359
Prognosis	1,469	1,469	149	149
Epidemiology	2,316	19,488	155	988
Asia	1,078	1,078	56	56
Australia	1,528	1,528	118	118
Europe	1,572	1,572	97	97
United States	9,783	9,783	321	321
Canada	1,951	1,951	146	146
South America	1,260	1,260	95	95
Etymology	6,404	7,141	287	373
The suffixes "-holic" and "-holism"	737	737	86	86
History	1,310	1,310	97	97
Addiction and art	2,683	2,683	155	155
Social scientific models	255	19,826	12	1,442
Biopsychosocial model	2,941	11,964	92	756
Biological factors	2,695	2,695	181	181
Psychological factors	2,458	2,458	205	205
Social and environmental factors	3,870	3,870	278	278
Cultural model	3,502	3,502	313	313
Subcultural model	2,530	2,530	184	184
Critical medical anthropology model	1,575	1,575	177	177
Social learning models	30	4,657	0	340
Social learning theory	1,066	1,066	91	91
Transtheoretical model (stages of change model)	3,561	3,561	249	249
Research directions	1,686	1,686	120	120
See also	343	343	0	0
Endnotes	27	27	0	0
Notes	81	81	0	0
References	28	28	0	0
Further reading	1,014	1,014	0	0
External links	1,319	1,319	0	0
Total	199,279	199,279	9,622	9,622

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Latest comment: 8 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

@Oboukalik: MDPI is a subpar source for medical claims. See WP:MEDRS.

And e.g. pornography addiction is not recognized as an addiction.

"Is PPU real?" is a different question than "Is porn addiction real?". tgeorgescu (talk) 21:30, 27 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Improving top-importance medicine articles: Join the Vital Signs campaign 2026

Latest comment: 6 months ago1 comment1 person in discussion

The goal of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine/Vital Signs 2026 campaign is to bring all 101 top-importance articles—including this one—up to at least B-class quality. Many of these articles are widely read but overdue for review, so even small improvements can have a big impact.

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To reach B class, articles should have: suitable referencing, reasonable coverage, a clear structure, good prose, helpful illustrations, and be understandable to a broad audience. Contributions of any size are appreciated. Femke (talk) 16:00, 20 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

Why

Latest comment: 1 month ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Are the first sentence, and the two following it, excessively focused on drug addiction? The scope of the page is far broader. ~2026-34087-86 (talk) 18:24, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

There is only one non-substance addiction in DSM-5-TR, namely gambling addiction. tgeorgescu (talk) 18:26, 9 June 2026 (UTC)Reply