Background and aims: Internet addiction, sex addiction and compulsive buying are common behavioral problems, which share similarities with gambling disorder and substance use disorders. However, little is known about the efficacy of their treatments. The objective of this meta-analysis was to examine ...
Integrating alcohol and other drug use interventions for adolescents into traditional medical settings has been recognized as an area of public health importance (Addiction Technology Transfer Center Workgroup, 2015). The emergency department (ED) visit offers a unique opportunity to screen adolescents for...
Substance abuse or addiction Motivation Restlessness Talking too much No two people with ADHD are exactly alike. You may be able to concentrate if you’re interested in or excited about what you’re doing. But some people withADHDhave trouble focusing under any circumstances. ...
Help for Food Addiction Experts are working to understand and find treatments for food addiction. Some think its recovery may be more complicated than recovery from other kinds of addictions. Alcoholics, for example, can ultimately abstain from drinkingalcohol. But people who are addicted to food s...
this, with pornography-related problems now making up a majority of the people diagnosed with compulsive sexual behavior disorder—predominantly in Europe, where this diagnosis was adopted under theInternational Classification of Diseases11th Revision (ICD-11).Porn addictionis not recognized in the U....
we will specifically highlight innovative developments in both face-to-face as well as internet-delivered settings that have benefits for increasing effectiveness and practicability of treatments. We will discuss the underlying theoretical foundation, as well as the advantages and limitations in their tre...
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To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA). It’s not just a nonprofit — it’s a movement. Online, at in-person events, through social media and blogs, TWLOHA creates a place for hope and healing through depression, addiction, self-injury, and suicide. People who attend their events and join...
Given the nature of CUD and limitations noted above with psychosocial interventions, effective pharmacotherapy for CUD has been a goal of researchers and clinicians in the field of addiction treatment. Research into pharmacotherapy for CUD has steadily grown from the late 1990s and early 2000s to th...
to the scales used in each respective study (e.g., Internet Addiction Test [modified in game environments] > 70). The authors also sought studies that provided pretest and posttest scores from the game addiction scales in both the intervention and control groups. Studies meeting the ...