"No, Dopamine Is Not Addictive" written by a clinical psychologist in 2017. When articles like this come up, it make me wonder how much of psychiatry isn't as robust as I initially thought.<p>I have taken a few advanced courses in psych and I was also taught that most neuro transmitters work as regulators and signals to release other things. People with too much dopamine become schizophrenic, and it's not tied directly to binging behavior. Dopamine blocking agents are used to treat schizophrenia.<p>Dopamine reward pathways also generally are talked in the context of adhd and impulse control. Which is an issue before the actual addiction. I personally also don't like the word addiction being used in such a casual way. Addiction is a clinical term and generally assumes severe negative consequences on one's health and a severe compulsion to go back. The patient was being affected negatively but if it was as simple as the author describes to quit, I don't think that would meet the standard for clinical addiction.<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23747880" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23747880</a>