Addiction: definition according to ICD-10
According to ICD-10 (International
Classification of Diseases), we speak of addiction when at least three of these
criteria have emerged simultaneously in the first year and persisted for at
least one month or have occurred again a shorter or longer period.
criteria
A compulsive desire to consume the
product.
Difficulties in controlling its use.
Appearance of a withdrawal syndrome
when stopping or taking the product to avoid a withdrawal syndrome.
A tendency to increase the dose to
achieve a similar effect.
Adverse impact on daily life.
A continued use despite suffering it
causes.
Criteria by Aviel Goodman
Of common diagnostic criteria for
addiction have also been established in 1990 by Aviel Goodman, American
psychiatrist who gave a definition of addiction.
"This is a process which is
carried out in a behavior that can have the function of providing pleasure and
relieve internal discomfort, and is characterized by the repeated failure of
its control and persistence in spite of negative consequences."
The criteria are similar to those of
the defining criteria of the DSM-IV and ICD-10.
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