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Antisocial personality
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A personality disorder characterized by irresponsibility, shallow emotions, and lack of conscience
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Personality disorders
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Mal adaptive or inflexible ways of dealing with others and one’s environment
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Psychological dependence
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Use of a drug to such an extent that a person feels nervous and anxious without it.
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Addiction
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A pattern of drug abuse characterized by an overwhelming and compulsive desire to obtain and use the drug
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Tolerance
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Physical adaptation to a drug so that a person needs an increased amount in order to produce the original effect
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Withdrawal
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The symptoms that occur after the person discontinues that use of a drug to which he or she has become addicted
