ʻO ke kuleana no ka 20% o nā kumu o ka make a me ka 50% o nā hewa, ʻo ka hoʻohui ʻana he pilikia koʻikoʻi ke olakino a me ka palekana lehulehu e pili ana i nā ʻohana āpau, mai kahi kokoke a mamao paha, a me ka lehulehu lehulehu. He nui nā ʻano o nā addiction o kēia wā: ma waho aʻe o nā pilikia e pili ana i ka waiʻona, heroin a i ʻole cocaine, pono mākou e hoʻokomo i kēia manawa: ka ʻai nui ʻana i waena o ka poʻe ʻōpio (cannabis, "binge drinking", etc.), ka puka ʻana mai o nā lāʻau synthetic hou, nā hana hoʻohui i nā ʻoihana a me ka hoʻohui. me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka huahana (piliwaiwai, pūnaewele, wahine, kūʻai koi, a pēlā aku). ʻO ka manaʻo i uku ʻia i nā pilikia addiction a me ka ʻikepili ʻepekema ua holomua nui a ua ʻae i ka puka ʻana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana o Addictology.

I nā makahiki 20 i hala iho nei, ua kau ʻia ka manaʻo nui i ka ʻike lapaʻau a me ka wehewehe ʻana, i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mīkini neurobiological, i ka ʻikepili epidemiological a me ka sociological, i ka mālama ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hou. Akā ʻo ka ʻike a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana o nā limahana lapaʻau, ka pilikanaka a me ka hoʻonaʻauao e kū nei me nā addictions hiki ke kūkulu ʻia. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma muli o ka puka hou ʻana o ka addictology ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema ʻepekema, ʻokoʻa loa kāna aʻo ʻana a ʻaʻole lawa.

Ua hoʻolālā ʻia kēia MOOC e nā kumu mai ka Faculty of Medicine o Paris Saclay University a me nā poʻe mai ka National University College of Addictology Teachers.

Ua pōmaikaʻi ʻo ia mai ke kākoʻo ʻana o ka misionari interterministerial no ka hakakā ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau a me nā ʻano addictive (MILDECA: www.drogues.gouv.fr), ke Kulanui o Paris-Saclay, ka Fonds Actions Addictions a me ka French Federation of Addictology