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Achieving consensus, coherence, clarity and consistency when talking about addiction

West, Robert; Cox, Sharon; Notley, Caitlin; Guy, Du Plessis; Hastings, Janna; (2023) Achieving consensus, coherence, clarity and consistency when talking about addiction. Addiction 10.1111/add.16393. (In press).

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Abstract

Progress in addiction science is hampered by disagreements and ambiguity around its core construct: addiction. Addiction Ontology (AddictO) offers a path to a solution of the kind that has addressed similar problems in other areas of science: a set of clearly and uniquely defined entities to which terms such as ‘addiction’, ‘addictive disorder’ and ‘substance dependence’ can be applied for ease of reference while recognizing that it is the construct definitions and their unique IDs that are central, not the terms.

Type: Article
Title: Achieving consensus, coherence, clarity and consistency when talking about addiction
DOI: 10.1111/add.16393
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/add.16393
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: addictive behaviour, Addiction Ontology, Addiction, ontology, substance dependence, substance use
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Epidemiology and Health > Behavioural Science and Health
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10182083
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