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Gambling Disorder and Other Behavioral Addictions: Recognition and Treatment
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Addiction professionals and the public are recognizing that certain nonsubstance behaviors--such as gambling, Internet use, video-game playing, sex, eating, and shopping--bear resemblance to alcohol and drug dependence. Growing evidence suggests that these behaviors warrant consideration as nonsubstance or "behavioral" addictions and has led to the newly introduced diagnostic category "Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders" in DSM-5. At present, only gambling disorder has been placed in this category, with insufficient data for other proposed behavioral addictions to justify their inclusion. This review summarizes recent advances in our understanding of behavioral addictions, describes treatment considerations, and addresses future directions. Current evidence points to overlaps between behavioral and substance-related addictions in phenomenology, epidemiology, comorbidity, neurobiological mechanisms, genetic contributions, responses to treatments, and prevention efforts. Differences also exist. Recognizing behavioral addictions and developing appropriate diagnostic criteria are important in order to increase awareness of these disorders and to further prevention and treatment strategies.
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“Both pharmacological and psychological treatments have been suggested, similar to what is recommended for gambling disorder and other behavioral addictions (e.g., Grant et al., 2013;Yau and Potenza, 2015), and initial studies suggest varying degrees of efficacy (Cash et al., 2012;Santos et al., 2016;Winkler et al., 2013;Young, 2013).”
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“Indeed, reward processing dysfunctions, response inhibition deficits and executive function deficits have been largely documented both in subjects with ADHD and behavioral addictions (Yau et al., 2015).”
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“In this regard, Yau and Potenza (2015) suggested that “the two sets of disorders may represent different expressions of one addiction entity (pp. 135)”.”
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“…Psychiatric Association, 2013), in which it is now classified under Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders due to its similarities to substance use disorders in clinical presentation and etiology (e.g., personality and neurobiological risk factors; Yau and Potenza, 2015; Vitaro et al., 2014).”
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“…gambling may lead to more severe consequences, including the development of gambling problems, and is often defined by experiencing one or two negative effects of gambling (Yau & Potenza, 2015), such as higher levels of distress and alcohol dependence, and family problems (Marshall & Wynne, 2004).”
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Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Yau, Y. H. C., & Potenza, M. N.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Potenza, Marc N.
- Venue
- Harvard Review of Psychiatry
- Published
- 2015-03
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 134-146
- ISSN
- 1067-3229 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4458066
- OpenAlex
- W2096389535
- Cited by
- 267
- References
- 187
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 34 · 2022: 31 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 21 · 2018: 18 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 3
- FWCI
- 2.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Harvard Review of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA018647, P50DA009241, R01DA035058, P20DA027844)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- gambling addiction, behavioral addiction, DSM-5, substance-related and addictive disorders, comorbidities, neurobiology of addiction, genetic contribution, treatment, prevention, internet addiction, sexual addiction, eating disorders, compulsive buying, gaming addiction
- MeSH terms
- Gambling, Humans, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Behavior, Addictive, Internet, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
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