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Are cravings more physiological or psychological, or perhaps both?

It would be great if you could provide evidence for your response from literature.

Articles from refereed scholarly journals from 2007 to present (not websites) would be great.

Please provide references and citations. thank you.

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Cravings for more physiological or psychological are examined. The factors, reasons and treatments are given.

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Research studies done on substance use have indicated both physiological and psychology factors contributing to the use of substances across ages and ...

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