The clinical category

Addiction.

Substance-use disorders, behavioral addictions, and the co-occurring issues that often come with them. Below: the conditions in this category and the luxury centers that treat them.

Conditions

What we catalogue.

Alcohol use disorder

Alcohol use disorder is when drinking patterns cause real harm to your health, relationships, or daily life — from mild dependence to severe addiction with dangerous withdrawal risks.

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Opioid use disorder

Opioid use disorder covers problematic use of prescription painkillers, heroin, or synthetic opioids like fentanyl — marked by physical dependence, tolerance, and a high risk of fatal overdose.

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Stimulant use disorder

Stimulant use disorder covers problematic use of cocaine, meth, prescription amphetamines, and similar drugs — usually without the physical withdrawal of alcohol or opioids, but with serious mental health and behavioral fallout.

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Behavioral addictions

Behavioral addictions are compulsive patterns — gambling, sexual compulsivity, gaming, shopping, internet use — that hijack the brain's reward system much like substance addictions, with equally serious consequences.

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Dual diagnosis

Dual diagnosis means having a substance use problem and a separate mental health condition at the same time — which is more common than not in residential settings, and the area where staff quality matters most.

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