'Behavioral' Addictions: Do They Exist?
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Obsessive-compulsive, harm-avoidance and persistence tendencies in patients with gambling, gaming, compulsive sexual behavior and compulsive buying-shopping disorders/concerns,
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There is one line of inquiry that considers addiction to be an extensive concept, not limited to substances, with a foundation in its neurobiologic basis.
“Essentially, there is one line of inquiry that considers addiction to be an extensive concept, not limited to substances, that has a foundation in its neurobiologic basis (1, 107, 108).”
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Commonalities between compulsive disorders and substance addiction have been identified in symptomatology, neurochemistry, and adaptations in brain function.
“commonalities between compulsive disorders and substance addiction have been identified in terms of symptomatology, neurochemistry, and adaptations in brain function (Shaffer 1999; Holden 2001; Potenza 2006; Leeman and Potenza 2012).”
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- Authors
- Holden, C.
- Corresponding author
- Holden, Constance
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2001-11-02
- Volume
- 294
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- 5544
- Pages
- 980-982
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Keywords
- behavioral addiction, addiction, substance use disorders, compulsive behavior
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Brain, Brain Mapping, Compulsive Behavior, Female, Gambling, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Reward, Sexual Behavior, Behavior, Addictive, Substance-Related Disorders, Internet, Rats
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