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Lifestyle and Diet
Published in Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy, Food and Lifestyle in Health and Disease, 2022
Chuong Pham-Huy, Bruno Pham Huy
Food addiction or eating addiction is a type of behavioral addiction that is a compulsive overeating of palatable foods. People with food addictions lose control over their eating behavior and find themselves spending excessive amounts of time involved with food and overeating (142–143). Like addictive drugs, palatable foods trigger good brain chemicals such as the neurotransmitter dopamine. As a result, people keep eating, even when they are not hungry or they know the negative consequences of overeating, such as obesity, diabetes, and CVDs (142). The evidence further suggests that certain foods, particularly processed foods with added sweeteners and fats, demonstrate the greatest addictive potential. Though both behavioral and substance-related factors are implicated in the addiction process, symptoms appear to better fit criteria for substance use disorder than behavioral addiction (143).
Addictions
Published in Cathy Laver-Bradbury, Margaret J.J. Thompson, Christopher Gale, Christine M. Hooper, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 2021
Currently, there is no consensus as to how a behavioural addiction should be defined. DSM-5 defines ‘non-substance-related disorders’ as addictive disorders where no substance is ingested. However, there are some issues simply with removing the substance from the definition.
The Sexually Addicted Couple
Published in Len Sperry, Katherine Helm, Jon Carlson, The Disordered Couple, 2019
Properly identifying online sexual behaviors has similar challenges to those of sexual addiction; both issues are not diagnosable disorders. The only behavioral addiction that is recognized in DSM 5 is gambling disorder (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Problematic Internet use is only classified as a disorder under Internet gaming disorder in the DSM section for conditions for further study (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). While behavioral addiction might be a better fit for those who self-identify as having compulsive sexual behavior, it is lacking research to support its place in the DSM (Jones & Hertlein, 2012).
Gambling in adolescence: a narrative review of the last 20 years
Published in Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2020
Fabio Frisone, Salvatore Settineri, Professor, Federica Sicari, Emanuele Maria Merlo
Several studies,35,38,39,51,78,95,111,112 finally, indicate that psychoactive substance use disorders and behavioral addiction like gambling share numerous characteristics, among these are: salience, where such activity becomes the most important and it dominates the thinking, feelings, and behaviors; euphoria, where the practice of that activity involves the establishment of subjective sensations, such as excitement or tranquility; tolerance, or the increasing need for not only the substance but also the time spent in carrying out the activity; withdrawal, referable to states of mental and/or physical malaise that arise from the reduction and possible interruption of the activity; conflict, where interpersonal relationships suffer the nervous impact dictated by mood swings; and finally relapse, or the tendency to return to the activity after each interruption. The similarity of addictions to substances or sine substantia indicates the concrete risk of developing several addiction problems simultaneously (Figure 2).
Translation and validation of the addiction-like Eating Behavior Scale from English to Portuguese in Brazil
Published in Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2020
Tiago Queiroz Cardoso, Camila Wanderley Pereira, Tainah de Souza Costa, Murilo Duarte da CostaLima
Accordingly, recent studies have elucidated important similarities between the mechanisms of addiction related to food and drugs, including within the neurobiological sphere, consequently reinforcing the psychoactive and addictive properties of some foods.5 However, due to the importance of the behavioral component, some authors argue that this addiction should be classified as a behavioral addiction.2 Generally, behavioral addictions are related to a sizeable excitation generated by pleasurable stimuli and a low capacity for inhibitory control, favoring the repeated engagement in that behavior, even in the face of eventual harm;6 notably, gambling disorder was the first and is currently the only disorder officially classified as a behavioral addiction.7
An addiction to seeking fortune-telling services: a case report
Published in Journal of Addictive Diseases, 2020
Currently the concept of behavioral addictions remains a bit controversial, and the main question is – What makes a behavior (even a behavior in excess) qualify as an addiction? Many patients with behavioral addictions defend their actions with the claim that they are simply healthy enthusiasts who have been unfairly labeled by the physicians, parents, police, etc. This issue is further complicated by the fact that behavioral addictions involve “normal” drives, i.e. highly rewarding and reinforcing drives toward sex, food, love and money, which can be considered addictions only when such behaviors reach a certain degree of excess and self-harm. Thus, excessive (or in some cases, even embarrassing) behavior does not warrant the diagnosis of behavioral addiction, but rather the individual’s inability to curtail the activity despite the negative consequences is what stands as the hallmark of the addiction process.