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Question by Laura: What does the term “chronic addiction” mean to you? What images do you get when you hear this term?
If a doctor writes the term “chronic addiction” into a patient’s chart, what would you think of that patient? What sort of person do you think a person with a “chronic addiction” diagnosis might be? What impressions will other doctors get of the patient if they see this term in the chart?

Best answer:

Answer by PINKY
Chronic just means ongoing. A disease or illness that will continue without medical treatment. As far as what other doctors may think, well was it a chronic drug addiction? Is so they will probably never prescribe you drugs like those unless absolutely neccessary.

Answer by gaurdianangelic
because i am a psychology major the first thing i would have to cosider is where it is that i work but to anwer your question

if i saw chronic addiction i would think that this person is supseptible to becoming an addict to anything that would do with medications such as illegal pills, needles, or whether it is over the counter! and this can go in another way, chronic addiction could also mean that this person has a mental illness and they could ne addicted to sex! or burning themselves, or cutting themselves

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