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The term addiction from The American College of Addictionology & Compulsive Disorders is a multi-factorial disease having psychosocial, genetic, spiritual, and metabolic components. The most predominant mechanism of this disease process is manifest through neuropsychological insult within the Brain Reward Cascade Model known as Reward Deficiency Syndrome (RDS). For the medical definition of addiction click on link: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10177.

The medical model or disease concept of addiction establishes the Brain Reward Cascade as the hallmark of compulsive disorders along with five addictions, which are: chemical, food, work, sex, and gambling.

  All these conditions can be treated through a combination of amino acid therapy, acupuncture, auriculotherapy, chiropractic, individual and group counseling. Some of which services can be self-help referral out to AA, NA, GA groups , IOP facility, or PHP facility.