Behavioral addictions : criteria, evidence, and treatment / edited by Kenneth Paul Rosenberg , Laura Curtiss Feder.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Rosenberg, Kenneth Paul.
• Feder, Laura Curtiss.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Compulsive behavior--Diagnosis.
• Compulsive behavior--Treatment.
• Impulse control disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, [England] ; Waltham, [Massachusetts] : Academic Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Behavioral Addictions is the first and most authoritative text ever written on the subject of behavioral addictions. This comprehensive work explains the criteria used to determine addiction, the evidence for identifying assorted behaviors as addictions, and the evidence-based treatment for each. DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, designating a new disorder called ""behavioral addiction."" Clinicians immediately wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are add

Contents:

• Front Cover; Behavioral Addictions: Criteria, Evidence, and Treatment; Copyright; Dedication; contents; foreword; preface; biography; foreword; chapter 1: an introduction to behavioral addictions; chapter 2: behavioral addiction: the nexus of impulsivity and compulsivity; chapter 3: diagnosis and treatment of gambling disorder; chapter 4: problematic online gaming; chapter 5: internet addiction disorder: overview and controversies; chapter 6: social networking addiction: an overview of preliminary findings; chapter 7: food addiction: evidence, evaluation, and treatment
• Chapter 8: new directions in the pharmacological treatment of food addiction, overeating, and obesitychapter 9: sex addiction: an overview; chapter 10: the tyranny of love: love addiction-an anthropologist's view; chapter 11: picking up the pieces: helping partners and family members survive the impact of sex addiction; chapter 12: compulsive buying disorder; chapter 13: exercise addiction; chapter 14: meditation and spirituality-based approaches for addiction; chapter 15: behavioral addiction in american law: the future and the expert's role; list of contributors
• Chapter 1 - an introduction to behavioral addictions the history of behavioral addictions; defining and determining criteria for a behavioral addiction; theories and evidence in support of behavioral addictions; guiding principles for the treatment of behavioral addictions; societal and legal issues; references; chapter 2 - behavioral addiction: the nexus of impulsivity and compulsivity; introduction; impulsivity and compulsivity: what's it all about?; how do impulsivity and compulsivity relate?; from impulsivity to compulsivity in substance use disorder
• Behavioral addiction: on the border between impulsivity and compulsivity kleptomania behavior; an abc model to assess and manage compulsive-impulsive disorders; conclusions; references; chapter 3 - diagnosis and treatment of gambling disorder; introduction; clinical characteristics; clinical assessment; screening/diagnostic instruments; treatment options; psychotherapy; pharmacotherapy; conclusions; references; chapter 4 - problematic online gaming; history and typology of online games; defining problematic online gaming; symptomatology and consequences; assessment; epidemiology; etiology
• Prevention and treatment references; appendix 4-1. Problematic online gaming questionnaire (pogq); appendix 4-2. Motives for online gaming questionnaire (mogq); chapter 5 - internet addiction disorder: overview and controversies; introduction: internet addiction disorder and its treatment; diagnosis and clinical criteria; assessment of internet addiction; prevalence rates; psychiatric comorbidity; relationship of internet addiction with drug and alcohol use; the phenomenology of internet addiction; personality and psychosocial factors associated with iad
• Cognitive factors associated with problematic internet use

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 05, 2014).

ISBN:

0-12-407858-3